Re: Smiths Sectronic wall clock
Back in the 1990s I had responsibility for the Smiths Clock legacy business. My Chairman, Ron Williams, a brilliant Welshman, had in fact been Financial Controller of the Clock & Watch Division in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea.
By my time all Smiths clocks were bought in, with quartz movements, very reliable, robust and rebadged. I guess they still feature in schools and offices throughout the U.K. Your Sectronic clock looks like the dial and hands from the earlier transistor-driven mechanical movement which has been updated with a later quartz movement. Reliability-wise, it’s all the better for that. AFAIK there are no genuine Smiths-made quartz movements out there.
…..unless anyone knows different.
Martin
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