Vintage 1960 Garrard 17 Jewels Swiss Made Mechanical Wristwatch – Imperial...

£165.00

This is a beautiful and historically interesting vintage Garrard wristwatch , presented in 1960 by Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI) to an employee for 20 years of service.


Features:


  • Brand: Garrard

  • Movement: Swiss Made, 17 Jewels, manual wind mechanical

  • Caseback inscription:
  • “IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD
  • Presented to
  • B. Thomas
  • 20 years service
  • 1960”

  • Dial: Cream/ivory with applied Arabic numerals and red seconds hand

  • Crystal: Acrylic (original type)

  • Case: Stainless steel, polished finish

  • Strap: Vintage light brown leather (replacement, period-appropriate)

  • Condition:

  • Dial: Clean and nicely aged with light patina.

  • Case: Minor surface wear consistent with age.

  • Movement: Swiss 17-jewel manual wind, clean and running well.

This watch is both a collectible piece of British industrial history and a charming example of mid-20th-century Swiss craftsmanship, retailed under Garrard — the former Crown Jewellers to the British Royal Family .


📅 Approximate Date 1960


  • Circa 1960 , confirmed by detail inscription on caseback

This is a beautiful and historically interesting vintage Garrard wristwatch , presented in 1960 by Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI) to an employee for 20 years of service.


Features:


  • Brand: Garrard

  • Movement: Swiss Made, 17 Jewels, manual wind mechanical

  • Caseback inscription:
  • “IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD
  • Presented to
  • B. Thomas
  • 20 years service
  • 1960”

  • Dial: Cream/ivory with applied Arabic numerals and red seconds hand

  • Crystal: Acrylic (original type)

  • Case: Stainless steel, polished finish

  • Strap: Vintage light brown leather (replacement, period-appropriate)

  • Condition:

  • Dial: Clean and nicely aged with light patina.

  • Case: Minor surface wear consistent with age.

  • Movement: Swiss 17-jewel manual wind, clean and running well.

This watch is both a collectible piece of British industrial history and a charming example of mid-20th-century Swiss craftsmanship, retailed under Garrard — the former Crown Jewellers to the British Royal Family .


📅 Approximate Date 1960


  • Circa 1960 , confirmed by detail inscription on caseback