SMITHS ENGLISH CLOCK SYSTEMS MECHANICAL COUNT-DOWN TIMER CIRCA 1944-1966 WORKING!

SMITHS ENGLISH CLOCK SYSTEMS MECHANICAL COUNT-DOWN TIMER CIRCA 1944-1966 WORKING!

This mechanical timer was manufactured by English Clock Systems Ltd, as the Industrial Branch of Smiths English Clocks Ltd circa 1944-1966.

It is a count-down timer, sounding a bell at the end of its timing period and is still in good working condition.

The duration required is set by the knurled knob in the centre of the dial, up to 120 minutes, in minute divisions, at 10 minutes per revolution of the knob.

The upper lever at the side is pressed down to meet the lower fixed lever to wind the mainspring, and start the timer running
 
SIZE: 11CM HIGH 12CM WIDE 6CM DEEP
 
CONDITION: USED WEAR BUT STILL IN WORKING CONDITION.
 
SMITHS CLOCKS (1931-1979):
In 1931 Smiths, then called S Smith and Sons (motor accessories) Ltd., decided to enter the domestic clock market and formed a new company, Smiths English Clocks Ltd.
During the war (1939 to 1945) Smiths' production expanded. There was a demand for motor, aircraft and marine instruments for the Services and the production of industrial instruments, hitherto imported, was begun. Fuses for shells were also manufactured.
In 1944 A major regrouping of the whole Smiths organisation was carried out.
The name of the principal company was changed to S Smith & Sons (England) Ltd with four divisions:
Smiths Motor accessories Ltd.; Smiths Industrial instruments Ltd; Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd and
Smiths English Clocks Ltd
After the regrouping the Clock and Watch division of the company, "Smiths English Clocks Ltd.", consisted of the following main companies:
A. B. E. Co. Ltd.; Enfield Clock Co. (London) Ltd.; English Clock Systems Ltd.; British Precision Springs Ltd.; J. E. V. Winterbourne Ltd.; Pullars Instruments Ltd.; United Kingdom Clock Co. Ltd.; Clock Components Ltd.; Anglo-Celtic Watch Co. Ltd. (Associated).
At the end of the war, in 1945, the Cricklewood factory returned to clock production with new models of Synchronous clocks and a factory at Carfin (near Glasgow) was producing an alarm clock selling at less than a pound.
Enfield had been taken over in 1934 and allowed to continue production under its own name but in 1949 production of Enfield "strikes " was moved from the Enfield factory at Edmonton to the Smiths factory at Ystradgynlais in Wales.
The latter half of the 1970s saw the decline of the clock and watch manufacture by all European and British companies as they were unable to compete with lower cost products offered by makers in the Far East.
Smiths ceased to produce clocks for the domestic market in 1979.
Company name changes
Circa 1955 the name Smiths English Clocks Ltd. was changed to "Smiths Clocks and Watches Ltd."
In 1966 the name of the principal company of the Smiths group was changed from "S Smith & Sons (England) Ltd" to "Smiths Industries"
In 1977 Smiths carried out another reorganisation of the clock and watch division, forming two separate companies, Smiths Industries Clock Co. and Smiths Industries Watch Co.
The variations of the company name provide a useful guide to the date of a clock
 
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