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Just picked up this vintage Longines
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OmegaP99
路This is exactly the sort of watch I started out my collection with as a youth, square and cushion, mostly GF pieces, from the 20's and 30's. I especially love the watchmakers marks inside!
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Manny1979
路I'm worried. I just saw the Longines thread with all the fakes and redials out there.
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OmegaP99
路I'm not a Longines pro but that piece has lots of genuine age, worn through the GF on the caseback corners, aged dial and hands (tho if a redial seems to be an old one), generally with these dial types the applied numerals aren't removed but rather painted over then scraped back to metal, so the sides of the numerals would show paint if it was a redial. I can't tell from your pics but you should be able to see in hand.
I think the fact that there is a serial number and the quote from Longines archives describing it helps greatly, but do you have the paperwork from the seller that mentions this, or even have him forward an email if it came that way?
This seems to show what that piece looked like when your seller bought it from Sweden; pre-cleaning and service: https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/watch...wristwatch-23-5-x-31-5-40-mm-cal-8ln-47240775
I think the fact that there is a serial number and the quote from Longines archives describing it helps greatly, but do you have the paperwork from the seller that mentions this, or even have him forward an email if it came that way?
This seems to show what that piece looked like when your seller bought it from Sweden; pre-cleaning and service: https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/watch...wristwatch-23-5-x-31-5-40-mm-cal-8ln-47240775
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Manny1979
路Thanks for the reply
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killer67
路Does it include a Longines extract?
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killer67
路Yes
A close up of the dial would help with dial originality/authenticity
The Longines extract offers the least information of any of the manufacturers that have this service. Alternatively, and possibly depending on what you paid, you could get a certificate of authenticity for $175 where their watchmakers authenticate the watch.
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Manny1979
路K killer67A close up of the dial would help with dial originality/authenticity
The Longines extract offers the least information of any of the manufacturers that have this service. Alternatively, and possibly depending on what you paid, you could get a certificate of authenticity for $175 where their watchmakers authenticate the watch.
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kip595
路Glad everything worked out; it looks like a very nice piece. Humphrey Bogart (my avatar, actually) often wore a tonneau case Longines in the 40s and 50s. 馃槑
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路路Yoda of YodelersGlad everything worked out; it looks like a very nice piece. Humphrey Bogart (my avatar, actually) often wore a tonneau case Longines in the 40s and 50s. 馃槑
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DirtyDozen12
路Firstly, to @Manny1979, this thread should really be in the Longines sub-forum, rather than the Unique Watches & Complications sub-forum. Secondly, the dial looks original and nothing else looks amiss. Most American-market, rectangular Longines from this period have a caliber 9L so this watch is sort of neat.
To @killer67, the information from the extract can be seen above. Additionally, I would argue that Longines' extracts offer comparable amounts of information to other brands and at a price of exactly zero dollars, the value that one receives blows anything else out of the water.
To @killer67, the information from the extract can be seen above. Additionally, I would argue that Longines' extracts offer comparable amounts of information to other brands and at a price of exactly zero dollars, the value that one receives blows anything else out of the water.
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Manny1979
路Your right about the thread in the wrong section. I quickly realized when I started searching on the forum. Thanks again for the help
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