Manufacturer
Smiths
Also recorded as: S. Smith & Sons · Smiths English Clocks Limited · Smith & Sons
British maker of clocks, watches and instruments, one of the largest British clock producers of the 20th century.
Samuel Smith opened a jeweller's shop in London in 1851. The firm grew into a major supplier of automotive and aircraft instruments and, from the 1930s, mass-produced electric and mechanical clocks under the Smiths and Smiths English Clocks names, later adding wristwatches.
- Country
- England
- City / centre
- London; Cheltenham
- Founded
- 1851
- Status
- Successor company active in other industries
- Key people
- Samuel Smith
Innovations & specialities
- Mass-produced British electric and mechanical clocks
Works by Smiths in the catalogue
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Clocks · 1930-1940
Mystery clock with synchronous electric movement, by Smiths English Clocks Ltd., London, England, 1930-1940.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1937-1939
Mantel clock; brown Bakelite; Smiths English Clocks; London, about 1937
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Clocks · 1940
Ferranti electric mantel clock, 1940.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · circa 1946
Smiths Sectric synchronous motor electric wall clock with centre seconds hand, by Smiths English Clocks Ltd, England c. 1946
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1948
Wooden clock in the shape of a Hoover MK 1 washing machine, made to commemorate the opening of the Hoover washing machine factory in Merthyr Tydfil.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · circa 1954
Electric mantelpiece clock, made by Smiths Clocks and Watches Ltd, c. 1954.
Science Museum Group, London
Wristwatches · 1953
Wristwatch by Smiths English Clocks Limited, England, 1953
Science Museum Group, London
Wristwatches · 1959
Wristwatch by Smiths Clocks & Watches Ltd, England, 1959
Science Museum Group, London
Wristwatches · 1970-1973
Wristwatch by Smiths Industries Limited, England, 1970-1973
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1971-1979
Electric clock by Smiths, United Kingdom, 1971-1979
Science Museum Group, London
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