This tread is very very informative! I'm new to this forum, and relatively new to the hobby. Vintage is really a minefield.
Great looking watch! Congrats! A question concerning „ Fab. Suisse“: We saw this on watches originally delivered to France and to Switzerland. As well to other countries like Italy?
There seems to be differenses in some collectors consensus and Longines Heritage about this issue. It`s been discussed further here: https://omegaforums.net/threads/13z...ies-and-information.32929/page-18#post-983801
Just wanted to post the same watch! Would love to seehow the watch will look after restauration... Needs more than a quick service I guess.
Because: after having restored the case, anyone who owns a mid/late 40's waterproof 13ZN with pressure back and "lips" can make this to a "unpolished case" watch. Even the gasket seems to be original. Me for example, would like to get such a case. You can keep the old one, stick to the truth and not pretend to have bought the rebuilt watch like this. But, correct, it would be (too) much money for this improvement. The only problem could be that the reference (maybe 5415) applies to relatively many watches, but not the "batch number" (e.g. 23485, 23248, 23432, etc..). This number tells us, among other things, whether or not the watch is radium equipped.
I ask myself if this movement is still to be saved? Looks horable, like digging it out after 60 years in 6 feet depth. Despite it is a wonderful case.
Anything is possible. But normally the effort necessary for this restoration is only done in museum restoration workshops. I think it's a few months' work...
