Smiths militare PRS-29

Above the 6 we have the Broadarrow mark (denoting Crown property); British military watches from the previous decade had been adorned with 'fat arrows' and 'thin arrows', watches from the next decade often had 'no arrows'. The Broadarrow had subtle differences between manufacturers – the arrow used for the General Service watch of the late 1960s was to be 'distinctive', this was a 'thin arrow' but in the case of Smiths, to me their arrow was slightly chubby, it also had rounded ends and seemed to be designed to actually match the dial font! The arrows used by other suppliers of the period seemed anorexic in comparison to the Smiths; it seemed that such a small detail had actually been thought about at the laboratories in Bishops Cleeve. Reproduction of the arrow is spot on with the PRS-29. Indeed, the 'chubby arrow' as I like to call it is present and correct and printed in gloss white just as it should be. Below the 6 'Great Britain' is proudly displayed – this watch is not manufactured in Great Britain, but the original was and this version was conceived there. Those two words are the icing on the cake.

Overall then, the dial presentation of both the PRS-29A and the 29B is what I would expect from Timefactors: accurate, well executed, in this case true to the original and totally 'Smiths'. Some consideration should be given to the scaled up nature of the PRS-29B: the whole watch has of course been scaled up and with that comes an enlargement of the dial. Purists might argue that doing so negates some of the original beauty and proportion of the smaller version. I think that there is some store in this as we are obviously left with more blank area; however, what I think purchasers should consider is that the 29B is a different watch and should be considered as such. Were Timefactors to have scaled up the font of the 39mm version then I feel that the watch might have taken on a 'kiddie time tutor' look. Use of the same font size as the 36mm version still works in my opinion, the dial is still attractive, eminently easy to read and just as worthy of the Smiths name at its top. It doesn't look 'wrong', it is simply a different watch. This is also demonstrated by the choice of hands.

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