Rotherham & Sons Current Collection As time passes

As time passes

plus jewelling to the centre wheel on the top plate)

There is an excellent article on the development of the cal 135 here

I believe because it was slightly cheaper to do their than in London

The cal 104G automatic movement was built on Smiths calibre 104 manual wind movement

Rotherham & Sons Current Collection As time passesThis is a rare English made wristwatch from the 1920s, it was made by Rotherham & Sons in Coventry and is signed on the dial for the Manchester retailer James Wadsworth. English made wristwatches from before WW2 are rare for a number of reasons primarily because the wristwatch, as opposed to the pocket watch, was a Swiss invention. The English watchmaking industry was deeply conservative and clung to their traditions of making a small quantity of very