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British Military Smith's W10 Army/Navy/RAF/M.O.D Mechanical Hack Watch Serviced
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Description Brand: Smiths Lug Width: 17mm Gender: Unisex Style: military Features: Easy To Read Age Group: Adult Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding) Model: Smith's W10 Display: Analog Year of Manufacture: 1966-1970 Watch Shape: Round Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom Case Material: Stainless Steel Display Type: Analogue Case Finish: Brushed Functions & Features: Water Resistant Face Colour: Black Age: Vintage (1920-1970) Case Size: 36mm
The watches have just been fully serviced - Work carried out by John Sr. of Obsoletewatchandclockparts.com who is widely regarded as the best military watch horologist in the UK. Each watch had a full strip down with every component part individually inspected cleaned & oiled, machine timed, multi position adjusted, regulated and bench tested for a full week. This level of work takes is very labour intensive & the movement often has to be disassembled many times to get the positional timings just right. Definitely not a quick service where the movement is cleaned & oiled without being fully disassembled (swish & dunk).Here even the jewels have been removed & the pivots individually cleaned. Only the latest types of oils & greases specifically matched to the movement calibre & needs of various parts have been used. The cases have been ultrasonically cleaned & lapped if necessary but not polished, only correct milspec replacement parts have been used where needed, the crystals are brand new correct profile good quality Sterncruez lenses. Hack levers replaced with genuine (v.rare) NOS where needed. Case-back O-rings replaced with new where needed. The lume on vintage watch hands has a tendency to become brittle & fall out, as so where needed the hand lume has been replaced & individually colour matched to the dial. The case-back has been tightened to a specified tension, if you remove it to look at the movement or self-regulate mark it's position first. All keep very good time & start as they should with the minimum of winding & the springs have a long power reserve. Due to just being serviced these watches require a "run-in for a few weeks weeks whilst being worn" to all-position distribute the oils. In this run-in period wind the watch until fully wound & let the watch fully wind down each time. If the watch sticks in this time just give it a gentle tap/shake. After this break-in wind the watch normally as described below for its most accurate timekeeping. *******Each watch supplied with a FREE 6 month Warranty!******** You have a full 6 month warranty from the day you receive your watch, it covers everything apart from parts failure & user damage. If it's your first mechanical watch please be careful not to over wind the watch, with the crown pushed in wind the crown (clockwise as viewed from the crown side) until you feel a firm resistance, when fully wound wind the crown back half a turn.Be careful not to pull the crown out too far when time setting/hacking - prize the crown out gently with thumb nail using forefinger as a stopper! These watches are accurate time keepers, although as with all vintage mechanical watches do not expect the same "to the second" accuracy of quart
Description
| Brand: | Smiths | Lug Width: | 17mm |
| Gender: | Unisex | Style: | military |
| Features: | Easy To Read | Age Group: | Adult |
| Movement: | Mechanical (Hand-winding) | Model: | Smith's W10 |
| Display: | Analog | Year of Manufacture: | 1966-1970 |
| Watch Shape: | Round | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United Kingdom |
| Case Material: | Stainless Steel | Display Type: | Analogue |
| Case Finish: | Brushed | Functions & Features: | Water Resistant |
| Face Colour: | Black | Age: | Vintage (1920-1970) |
| Case Size: | 36mm |
The watches have just been fully serviced - Work carried out by John Sr. of Obsoletewatchandclockparts.com who is widely regarded as the best military watch horologist in the UK. Each watch had a full strip down with every component part individually inspected cleaned & oiled, machine timed, multi position adjusted, regulated and bench tested for a full week. This level of work takes is very labour intensive & the movement often has to be disassembled many times to get the positional timings just right. Definitely not a quick service where the movement is cleaned & oiled without being fully disassembled (swish & dunk).Here even the jewels have been removed & the pivots individually cleaned. Only the latest types of oils & greases specifically matched to the movement calibre & needs of various parts have been used. The cases have been ultrasonically cleaned & lapped if necessary but not polished, only correct milspec replacement parts have been used where needed, the crystals are brand new correct profile good quality Sterncruez lenses. Hack levers replaced with genuine (v.rare) NOS where needed. Case-back O-rings replaced with new where needed. The lume on vintage watch hands has a tendency to become brittle & fall out, as so where needed the hand lume has been replaced & individually colour matched to the dial. The case-back has been tightened to a specified tension, if you remove it to look at the movement or self-regulate mark it's position first. All keep very good time & start as they should with the minimum of winding & the springs have a long power reserve. Due to just being serviced these watches require a "run-in for a few weeks weeks whilst being worn" to all-position distribute the oils. In this run-in period wind the watch until fully wound & let the watch fully wind down each time. If the watch sticks in this time just give it a gentle tap/shake. After this break-in wind the watch normally as described below for its most accurate timekeeping. *******Each watch supplied with a FREE 6 month Warranty!******** You have a full 6 month warranty from the day you receive your watch, it covers everything apart from parts failure & user damage. If it's your first mechanical watch please be careful not to over wind the watch, with the crown pushed in wind the crown (clockwise as viewed from the crown side) until you feel a firm resistance, when fully wound wind the crown back half a turn.Be careful not to pull the crown out too far when time setting/hacking - prize the crown out gently with thumb nail using forefinger as a stopper! These watches are accurate time keepers, although as with all vintage mechanical watches do not expect the same "to the second" accuracy of quart