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Smiths Edmund Hillary pattern Current Collection This was relatively new technology

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This was relatively new technology in the 1950s and Omega opted for a bumper-type weight which moves through an arc of about 270º

Chronographs are inherently complicated things to manufacture and for this reason many watch companies brought-in movements from specialists like Lemania

The case is in good order and retains what I imagine is the original brushed finish around the body of the case

the dial has been poorly handled at some point (not uncommon for with military issue pieces)

Smiths Edmund Hillary pattern Current Collection This was relatively new technologyThis is an extremely rare Smiths watch which matches those used on the famous Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay ascent of Everest in 1953. Edmund Hillary's original watch is part of the Worshipful Company of Clockmaker's collection and is on display in the Science Museum in London. The watch that Hillary was given by Smiths model has a distinctive dial which is occasionally found on JW Benson watches, for whom Smiths produced a number of models. The

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