Timepieces from Imperial Chemical Industries are a separate genre in watch collecting. Since the 1930s, this company gave watches to its employees, and it seems that there were a lot of employees there. The batch was ordered from ‘The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co Ltd’, a biggest jewellery/watch trader.
Since the early 1950s, we can see watches from Paul Buhre manufactory, closer to the 1960s it is ‘Garrard-P.Buhre’, and then the ‘Garrard’ watches issued for ICI.
Paul Buhre issued a special series of watches for ICI – note that all the standard specifications that we can find on the caseback are printed on the inside, and the outside is left blank for the presentation engraving.
Overview
Case and strap
- Stainless steel case
- Matching stainless steel caseback
- Matching winding crown
- Acrylic crystal
Dimensions:
- Width w/o crown 33.4mm.
- Width w/ crown 36.1mm.
- Height 41.7mm.
- Thickness 11.4mm.
- Lug width 16mm
Dial and Hands
- Original white dial
- Relumed hour indicators and hands (safe vintage lume)
Movement
- Fleurier FEF 350
Testing results:
- Testing duration: 1 week cyclic test
- Average timekeeping range: 15 – 30 sec/day
Servicing and Guarantee
- Fully serviced.
- Mechanics in full working order.
- Care and usage guidelines.
