Bought this beautiful piece today! Cant wait to have it in my hands:


-diameter 34mm without crown
-L2L 41.5mm
-Solid gold dial
-Solid gold 14kt case
-Longines caliber 23m (handwound)

 

I'm afraid it is a redial, but if you paid the right price, enjoy it

 

Why do you think that? Me and several others on the dutch watchforum beg to differ. The longines font looks just right and the printing looks consistent. Also you can find this dial type online on several other watches with this reference. For instance the below one which was sold on ebay.

 

And also found this one:

 

The watch you bought and the one you posted below are the same, check the serial numbers. The dial has been refinished.

 

Edit: Here is the before and after.

 

No they are not the same. Check the pics of the inner caseback. You will see the number above the reference number.

The first compareable one I posted has the number 202.

The second compareable one I posted has the number 367.

The one I bought has the number 360 in there.

So they are three different watches. Also I dont see the same serial number. How did you come up with that?

 

You are right. But see above.

 

Ok i see now. Could it be thay they just cleaned the dial? Because on closeup i still see several spots on mine.

 

The poorly executed signature strongly suggests otherwise. Also, it looks as though the case has been polished so making it look like new was clearly the aim.

 

Another point is the sharpness of the edge of the sub-dial. It looks slightly blunted in the "after" photos, which is a marker of a redial.

 

Lastly, where did you learn that the dial is solid gold? It is almost certainly brass.

 

I guess the seller should have represented the watch as "restored"?

 

In a perfect world.

 

Maybe "gold" color instead of "gold" metal?

 

I will check with the seller. The watch is already send so I will inspect it in person and see what I think. If I dont like it, I will return it.

 

Quite similar at this resolution, yes. But something about the signature still seems off to me. I would need better photos to put my finger on it.

 

Yes this was exactly why I still think the dial could be cleaned. The font just looks good to me. I have asked the seller for detaills.

 

My first thought was it looks like there is variable thickness of the ink in the OPs dial. What I can’t tell is if that is just the picture, if it’s been cleaned, etc.