Smiths W10 civilian issue This ebauche or base movement

This ebauche or base movement was used by a number of high end firms

It seems odd that nobody else sought to take over the business as they were clearly profitable

Movement: quartz - Ronda 515-24H

Lemania are something of a cult brand - no longer in existence today

Lemania supplied many different armed forces around the world - their movements are very solidly constructed and keep excellent time

Smiths W10 civilian issue This ebauche or base movementThis is a Smiths W10 watch, but one that was retailed to the public rather than supplied to the British Army. In order to make this a civilian issue, Smiths have covered the military pheon on the dial (although the trace of can still be seem when viewing the dial from an angle). These are really rather rare, indeed only a tiny fraction of the number that were supplied to the military were sold to the public. The watch was part of a contract that