Think I should wear my 1956 Smiths to celebrate British watches

Thanks, I hope one will turn up!

I’ve looked into this and all tickets are sold out. I’m an Alliance member so have a ticket for myself but am looking for one for a mate, hence my request for someone with an afternoon spare ticket that I’m happy to buy.

I’m looking for an afternoon ticket, so if you have an unwanted one please get in touch and I’ll buy it from you.

My creamy-white version arrived yesterday. The dial looks cream in low light conditions and white when things are bright. The colours remind me of a subdued/vintage Zodiac or Farer, and the blue bezel makes the Watch look smaller than its 38mm. Fitted to my 175mm/65mm flat wrist, 6 links were removed meaning it should fit a 212mm/8 1/4” wrist with one hole of the clasp left to adjust (6 holes in the clasp). The jubilee bracelet allows some movement which makes it comfortable.

Lume is very good, but doesn’t seem to last as well as other Timefactor watches I own, and decays faster than my Seikos. I’ll have to test it properly and will post back. This was taken indoors.

Edited: tested the lume overnight compared with a Smiths Commander and a Seiko skx5 diver (can’t remember it’s full name) and the lume on all three is excellent, though the Seiko appears better because it has considerably larger lume plots. Here’s a 0.5 sec exposure photo taken 9 1/2 hours after exciting the lume on each with a white LED torch for 30 seconds. They didn’t look this bright in reality - probably some clever multiple exposures being done by the iPhone - but it shows a comparison. Seiko, Commander, Traveller:

I think it will be a great holiday watch with 200m water resistance, and where the GMT function will be used. Possibly fitted with a less blingey bracelet to make it less noticeable to scroats.

And to answer the OP @bmuner ’s question is it worth the money - hell yeah, good design, plenty of lume, great size, very well finished, traveller hi-beat, branded GMT movement, bi-directional bezel, comfortable bracelet with machined clasp with lots of adjustment. Throw in good anti-magnetic design and 200m water resistance, all for just over £400 including carriage, and it’s another Timefactors winner.

But as @bmuner says, to buy one you must not be frustrated or put off by the difficult buying process and ignore the poor reputation for customer care that many people have complained about on various forums and Trusted Reviews. It’s a nice watch though 🙄

Thanks.  From Swansea

Thanks guys!