Just picked these up from a charity shop

Scooby

Was pottering about town ducking in and out of charity shops when I came across these. A vintage Smiths fob watch and a ladies (I assume) Sekonda watch marked " USSR". Paid £8 in total to The Salvation Army for them both working and I'm dead chuffed. 

#NWA #vintage #smiths #sekonda
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Scooby
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Better pics

TonyXXX
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I've seen these on eBay but wasn't sure about the quality and the ones I saw looked a bit iffy and beaten up. Great score though, the Smiths would of been a nurses watch by the looks of it.

Scooby
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TonyXXX

I've seen these on eBay but wasn't sure about the quality and the ones I saw looked a bit iffy and beaten up. Great score though, the Smiths would of been a nurses watch by the looks of it.

Yeah I think you're right. My (albeit brief) research has put this about mid 50s

Aurelian
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Sekonda was a joint UK/Soviet venture to supply low cost fully jeweled watches to the British market. It began in the mid-sixties and ran as long as the U.S.S.R. It was hugely successful. All Soviet watch factories manufactured Sekonda, there may be a mark under the balance that might tell you which one did for this watch. Sekonda moved operations to Hong Kong after the fall of the U.S.S.R.

Those are both fun little pieces. They should clean up nicely.

Aurelian
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Scooby

Yeah I think you're right. My (albeit brief) research has put this about mid 50s

If the Smiths is a pressed dial, I would concur with the 1950's.

Scooby
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Aurelian

Sekonda was a joint UK/Soviet venture to supply low cost fully jeweled watches to the British market. It began in the mid-sixties and ran as long as the U.S.S.R. It was hugely successful. All Soviet watch factories manufactured Sekonda, there may be a mark under the balance that might tell you which one did for this watch. Sekonda moved operations to Hong Kong after the fall of the U.S.S.R.

Those are both fun little pieces. They should clean up nicely.

Thank you for the info to me Sekonda was just "those cheap watches Argos sell" I wasn't aware they actually had a history

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After much swearing I got both casebacks off with a razorblade. Anything noteworthy? These movements seem to be in too good nick comparing to the case

Bzilla
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Great hand set and seconds hand on that empire!

Porthole
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Smiths Empire - 5J - made in Great Britain… pin lever. Good price though - it’ll last you a little while, but it’s not a long term heirloom. I’d say it was 60s.

Sekonda I just don‘t dabble in; I don’t know enough, and the ones of real note are way-overpriced (imho).