EVEREST SMITHS BRITISH ROPES ENGLISH A404/E EXPEDITION TYPE WATCH IN WATERPROOF CASE SERVICED C 1963 18j This is the BWC case

This is the BWC case maker signed version before they became SCW under Smiths

The balance has proper screws on the quarters

No pendant bow

Possibly Smiths intended the put in beat for the Everest and a fixed hairspring stud fixing for the Imperial version

EVEREST SMITHS BRITISH ROPES ENGLISH A404/E EXPEDITION TYPE WATCH IN WATERPROOF CASE SERVICED C 1963 18j This is the BWC caseEverest Smiths English model A404 expedition type wristwatch in waterproof case, fully serviced and warrantied. This is the later Everest dial signed version of the a404 which was made to celebrate the ascent of Everest in 1953. Remarkably this watch was presented by the company that supplied the ropes for the Himalayan expedition. From the 10 years anniversary this one has the distinctive blue steel colour lumed hands and typical everest dial