hm yes,...thats not very promising tbh. There is also a guy in Israel, but I have just seen of his work in time-only watches. Though the Longines stuff looked good.

https://empress.cc/pages/restoration-dial-refinish

On the one hand its good that we see obvious differences between redial dials and genuine ones, but from a restoring perspective its a shame to see such results.

 

If you go for a more simple design and not the multicolor/scale
overload you are more likely to get a ok result.

 

That doesnt look to bad. Who made this?

 

Wish I knew, photo is from a sales ad some time ago...

 

For the record this now has made its way to Asia.

 

Got my reply from Longines:

"Bezug nehmend auf Ihre Anfrage freuen wir uns, Ihnen die diesbezüglichen Informationen aus den handgeschriebenen Registern von Longines mitteilen zu können.

Die Seriennummer 5'640'254 kennzeichnet ursprünglich einen Armbandchronographen aus Edelstahl mit der Referenz 3871. Er ist mit einem mechanischen Longines-Uhrwerk mit Handaufzug ausgestattet, dem Kaliber 13ZN. Er wurde am 26.6.1940 der Firma Narath in Rechnung gestellt, unserem damaligen Agenten für Deutschland."

Sorry for the "wrong" language. Watch was delivered to Germany in 1940.

Nico

 

Nice watch. I don't think the whole of the watch should be


Hi. Nice watch regardless of the dial . It's a historical timepiece that deserves it's place in time.

 

Is this a legit auction?
13zn12 on EBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Longines-1...367238?hash=item4227034506:g:or4AAOSwy~Jf4Gj6Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

I’d say no...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Decada-de-...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

I thought so. I just wanted to post a funny this morning...

 

A nice little 3504 went unsold at Bokowskis recently.





https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctio...nes-wristwatch-flyback-chronograph-13zn-34-mm

 

Thanks for posting it. Nice, indeed. Maybe the estimate was slightly high but I like the watch. Correct crown, hands, evenly worn dial, not overly polished case. I think that the market has softened for examples that are not in mint condition, large (+37 mm), waterproof, or with a special dial (e.g. black).

 

This is a correct price for such a correct and lovely watch. I like it much

 

You should have bought it back in 2019 when it sold for 54000 Sek

https://online.auktionsverket.se/1903/626583-longines-wristwatch-1930-s/

I knew I had seen that watch before, it`s a small 13ZN world.

 

Running in 2019, not running in 2020. Movement still full of rust.

 

Where does it say not running in 2020?

 

Sorry, I mis-read the listing.

 

Unfortunately the prices just go into one direction - up and up. Not only 13ZN, all more uncommon watches, also the 3-hander with interesting dials or larger sizes. We know that all and can't change it. If that 13ZN had a larger size than 34mm the price surely would have been higher.

 

Hello all. Always love dropping in on this thread. The 13ZN is, IMHO, the top of the vintage chronograph world, but also one of the most dangerous areas to play. Thoughts on this early 3721 for the French market? Movement, case, hands, etc. all check out. Dial matches the advertisement in the 1937 French Longines catalog. Any issues?

 

Just one issue I have - that I don’t have this in my collection fabulous 13zn