Smiths Antarctic A454 1955 a really handsome and timeless

a really handsome and timeless piece - it has a beautiful silvered dial with applied gold markers in a classically proportioned 18 carat gold case

This original number is crossed out and the later NATO stores reference number is engraved (the 0552 number)

Precise timing mechanisms were important for the war in things like bomb timers

although normally this is almost completely exhausted

Strap width: 17mm

Smiths Antarctic A454 1955 a really handsome and timelessThis is one of the iconic Smiths watches model A454, known as the Antarctic. The Antarctic moniker was assigned because this model was supplied to the Commonwealth Trans Arctic Expedition in 1957. This was the first successful crossing of the Antarctic since the Amundsen Scott Expeditions in 1911 12. The overland crossing took 99 days starting in November 1957 and finishing in March 1958. The overland crossing team was led by the British Explorer