I found a Longines watch a long time ago and would like to know more about it

Renton

interesting find. Sharp eye - how did you managed to spot it partially buried in snow? you should definitely try requesting for the Longines Extract of Archives. It's free of charge and will tell you the details you are looking for.

JimInOz

I can't help with the watch except to say don't wind or wear it until you have it serviced. It could have had moisture ingress and in 20 years any lubricants will have degraded and running the movement could cause problems.

Get thee to a watchmaker.

gatorcpa

Here is some information from a 1972 Japanese catalog:

http://nakahiro.parfait.ne.jp/catarog/moji/longines4.html

See middle watch in bottom row.

The number engraved on the back should agree to the movement serial number. If you send the pictures to Longines, they should be able to help you.

https://www.longines.com/certificate-of-authenticity

gatorcpa

redzer007

Keep us up to date, I'm local and I never find watches when walking in Wicklow .

Sublime_1

@shut-up-donny

Trailer Park Boys or Big Lebowski?

Mitka

Looks like a font loading Monocoque cases to me. I might be wrong as I'm only looking at a photo, take it to a watchmaker and have him open it.

Btw what did you do with the body the strap was attached to?🤪

gatorcpa

Here is an expired eBay listing for a similar watch.

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/162912280782

It is a front loading case.
gatorcpa

S shut-up-donny

Nearly 20 years ago I was hiking in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland and found a watch half buried in the snow. It was in its original leather wrist strap. The strap's metal buckle was quite rusted and it was not wearable. The watch itself seemed quite good. Although quite stiff, I could wind it and it ran well. Still does. Back then I bought the only leather strap I could find that would fit but it never really suited it so I eventually stopped wearing it.

I have tried a couple of times to trawl through some online Longines catalogs to find it but no success. The serial number does not to make much sense either. Using the serial number search sites didn't help either. The numbers on the back are in two lines. So am not sure which way to read this. I may have to remove the back cover to find the serial number

Anyway I'll post the pictures and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I'd really like to know the year and model.

Thanks everyone.

Dan S

Are we certain that the back comes off?

Jerseyhammer

Here is a similar cased Longines. The watch has a hand-winding movement, calibre 428( from the 420 series) and the serial number 14,432,016 dates it back to 1967.