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Limit 5740 Gold Tone Expanding Bracelet Watch - W77248
Ref. 5740
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Stepping up in Limit's range
Limit's Classic series has run for long enough that the 5740 sits comfortably in a tradition rather than chasing one. At 34mm across and only 7mm deep, the case carries a proportions that belong to dress watches of the mid-century — narrow enough to disappear under a shirt cuff, flat enough that it never lifts the sleeve. The expanding bracelet is what sets it apart from almost anything sold alongside it at this end of the market. There is no clasp to fumble with and no link removal needed to fit it: the internal spring mechanism stretches over the hand and settles onto the wrist automatically. For anyone who finds conventional clasps awkward, or who simply wants a watch they can put on with one hand, that is a genuine and daily advantage.
- Reference
- 5740
- Brand
- Limit
- Collection
- Classic
- Case size
- 34mm
- Case thickness
- 7mm
- Lug width
- 17mm
- Case material
- Gold PVD
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- White
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Movement
- Automatic
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Gold
- Clasp
- Deployant clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- F.Hinds
Learn more about Limit
Limit has been sold in Britain since 1912, and for most of that time it has occupied one position without much deviation: the cheapest watch in the shop that is still worth owning.
It sits under Time Products, the same ownership as Sekonda and Accurist, which gives all three shared sourcing and distribution across British jewellers, catalogue retailers and department stores.
The range is deliberately conservative — plain dials, Roman or baton markers, gold-plated and stainless cases, leather and bracelet straps, mostly quartz with a small number of mechanical models. Pocket watches remain part of the catalogue, which few brands can still say.
It is a first watch, a school watch, a work watch and a gift watch, and it has been all four for over a century without pretending to be anything else.
- 1912
- The Limit name appears on British watches.
- 1970
- Quartz models take over the range.
- 1990
- Distribution widens through catalogue retailers.
- 2010
- Sits alongside Sekonda under Time Products.
- 2020
- Pocket watches remain a continuing part of the catalogue.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Limit Classic range (14), Back in Stock (3,734), Automatic Watches (1,570), Watches Under 37mm (1,369), Gold Watches (492), Watches Under £100 (439) and Automatic Watches Under £500 (229).
Temporarily out of stock
F.Hinds is not currently taking orders for this reference. Last listed as available on 5 October 2026. Stock is checked nightly and this page updates when it returns.
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