Hello, I have a 38mm (excluding crown) Longines here for assessment on its originality. Your valuable input is appreciated.

 

It's a caliber 12.68z, a pretty common 1950s movement. I see you have an extract from Longines, too, which says as much. It has a replacement crown, and the dial may be refinished (hard to tell with this photo strip, better photos would help). Why don't you tell us what you think of the watch, and we'll take it from there?

 

Hello, thank you for your initial assessment. Please find below more photos of the dial as per your request for more deliberations. Honestly, my current purchase is driven mainly by size and general aesthetic of the watch. I have no clue as to how original the watch is. And for this watch, I run it under a loupe and apart from the crown which I am not sure since it is pretty common to see such crown in old watches, I think the rest is original except for the case back which was not signed. Please correct me if I made mistakes in my assessment. Thanks for your time and effort too.

 

Anyone can share some light on this watch on its originality in the dial, bezel, hands, case, crown or movement. Hope to learn more on this watch. Thanks.

 

It's normaal to have done some initial investigation and research yourself, then come here to check out whether your findings are correct or not....

Soonfeeding information to noobs is not really what the forum is for and you'll have much better responses to your posts if you first put some effort in yourself.

 

I tried probably not in the right direction. From what I can gathered, the watch is authentic. However, I deduct that some transformation have probably been done and probably a change of case back. The second hand was slightly bent. The crown may have been replaced too. Is it pretty common that vintage watches have unsigned crown? Please enlighten me. Thanks.

 

The dial is refinished. Wrong chracter style, minute markers printed asymmetrical ON the golden markers.
The case doesn´t look like a Longines. "Fond Metal" is impossible for a quality watch.

 

Thanks for enlightening. I got the case right for a start. I will try to search again and compare the dial with others. Sometimes when I found some other similar watches, I don't know whose watch is right to start with.

 

https://sg.carousell.com/p/longines...c/&ref_reqId=2noPh2P1LYhb4syPxLWUyKMYuxmtRNEd

Do you want to sell it?

 

Or did you buy it there?

 

The seller name is the same so its him

 

Initially no which is why I requested for a lot of info from extract from the archive to even paying to have it authenticated by Swatch Group. However the crown/stem came off and I doubt I can find parts for it. Now I am not wearing it as I worry the whole stem will drop and get lost. Thus selling it now to look at other watches. But again, the more I hunt and learn, the more I have no confidence in my next purchase.

 

I´d recommend to sell the movement (that´s the only part, the Longines extract refers to) as a spare part source.
The (chromed?) case and the dial are junk...