Hi,

Spot this on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-1944-...less-Steel-12L-Cal-Vintage-Watch/383456550576Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

Ref. 22845-837
It does got the feature of military style Longines during that era, but I could not find any more info on this piece.
Do you guys know anything about it?
Thank you.

 

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Never seen such a dial on a Longines in that period. Looks like a redial/phantasy dial, but not bad made. Looks good with those hands. But silver shining dial feet on Ebay listing is a sign for changed dial. The movement was given to Longines-Wittnauer/USA.
Clearly it is no military watch, there are no military markings anywhere.

 

As clearly indicated in the listing, it is a military-style watch, but not military-issued, with a repainted dial. It is also 32.5mm.

 

It’s very similar to sterile weems dials. Let me grab an example.

Edit. A bit like this...

https://omegaforums.net/threads/franken-alert-military-longines-weems-fs-on-line.58709/


Photo credit: Antoine

 

I did not know there was a caliber 12L with hacking, can someone shed som
light?

 

Yes, 12L can be hacking. My example, Ref. 5150, hacks, but there are also movements without that feature.

 

Thanks, can you tell them apart just from looking? I can't see it
on the OP watch in question. Usually it's some kind of balance brake.

 

As far as I know it is a simple balance stop with a kind of a steelwire that stops the balance by pulling the crown.

 

Nothing military about this, this is just a 12L watch.
The center seconds 12L as far as I know is indeed supposed to be a hacking movement which is why those are often called “pilot watches” even though they’re not military.
I must admit however I’m not sure how they work.
The hacking movements on the US military WWII pilot watches indeed have a piece of metal that moves to block the movement of the balance when you pull the crown in a setting position.