DELUXE SMITHS MODEL A501 1955 AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY 9 CT GOLD ENGLISH WRISTWATCH GOLD BRACELET WITH BOX PAPER Birmingham hallmark This is the first version

This is the first version of the A404

In this movement as many of the civilian used ones the hairspring is the anti-magnetic variety not the blued steel one

Currently fitted with a  16mm black calf strap

The Smiths Deluxe grade 17 jewel 27cs movement is in excellent condition as is the rest of the  watch

thickness is 11

DELUXE SMITHS MODEL A501 1955 AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY 9 CT GOLD ENGLISH WRISTWATCH GOLD BRACELET WITH BOX PAPER Birmingham hallmark This is the first versionThis Austin Morris Smiths long service wristwatch was made c 1954 5 with a nice company long service engraving for their Jubilee year in 1955. This example comes with a brown leather presentation case with the gold blocked lettering, and a blank certificate from Smiths. The solid 9ct gold case is of 3 piece construction with the stepped lug design, by Dennison, and has a width of 31mm excluding the winding crown. Exhibiting the usual Deluxe