{"product_id":"smiths-empire-gold-plated-pocket-watch-anglo-celtic-british-made-1962","title":"One of the Last Made in Britain, Anglo-Celtic, 1962","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the last genuinely British-made pocket watches - produced at the Anglo-Celtic factory in Wales and marked MADE IN GT. BRITAIN on both dial and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Smiths Empire pocket watch was built in Wales at a time when Swiss and American movements dominated the market - at the Anglo-Celtic Watch Company's Ystradgynlais factory, a government-backed joint venture between Smiths and Ingersoll that produced over 30 million watches between 1946 and 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is the factory's founding Calibre PY - a robust pin-lever design descended from a 1905 American Ingersoll movement, built for everyday reliability and straightforward maintenance. The date code on the movement plate confirms 1962 manufacture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold-plated open-face case presents well, with an attractive engine-turned guilloche caseback and a clean white enamel dial carrying bold Roman numerals and a subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock. The watch winds smoothly, runs well, and sets correctly. An honest, wearable piece with genuine British provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smiths Empire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239745016147,"sku":"PW-0007","price":150.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/smiths-empire-gold-plated-pocket-watch-1962-front.jpg?v=1783550703","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/smiths-empire-gold-plated-pocket-watch-anglo-celtic-british-made-1962","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}