The Services Watch Co, your thoughts ?

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I saw this watch and was looking for further information about it. There appear to be numerous archives for this brand and its reach history, but I have not seen many specialists discuss it. What are your thoughts?

I read that the company never actually made watches themselves instead they either had them made by other firms or bought parts in which were then assembled in the Services factory. also after the end of WWII the company continued to source from Switzerland (the Oris Watch Company), these for some reason these continued to be marked as Foreign. Possibly due to restrictions on importing luxury goods during the early 1950s Services switched to UK based suppliers such as Louis Newmark Ltd., Perfect Works,Stafford Road, Croydon, Surrey (marked Made in England`) & later by the Anglo-Celtic Watch Co.Ltd., Gurnos Works, Ystradgynlais, Wales when they are usually marked as being Made In Gt Britain (or similar).While most Services watches from this period used un-jewelled movements there were a few 5 Jeweled models. From around the early/mid 1950s Services begain again sourcing from abroad, their range including a chronograph using a 17 Jewel Venus movement (there had been at least two other Swiss made chronographs made in the 1930s). From the 1950s until Services ceased production they produced watches sourced or using parts from Switzerland, Britain, France, East & West Germany, Russia & Hong Kong.

 
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It is possible to get a rough date for Services watches by checking the logo...

"Services"

Used up until possibly the late 1930s, these also had the model name printed on the dial eg Despatch Rider

Services

Used up until the late 1950s, as above they usually (but not always) had the model name on the dial.

SERVICES

below an S inside a shield, without model name.
 
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What are the thoughts on this brand? I rarely discovered video models about it. Does that indicate that with all that history, they have never developed any remarkable watches?
 
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S Sam909
Thanks for comment, I will have a look.
I watched the other thread, the few shared ad pics, and even had a look at the shared links inside. I believe it is only scratching the surface; the company operated for so long and still did not answer my main inquiry