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  1. fluffydawg Feb 17, 2019

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    Hi all,

    Looking up some vintage watches and i'm new at this, appreciate any help to verify authenticity of this particular one im looking at
     
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  2. Tony C. Ωf Jury member Feb 17, 2019

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    I see no reason to believe that it is not genuine.
     
  3. fluffydawg Feb 17, 2019

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    Thank you. Dial-wise + movement everything seems ok?

    Also, are you able to tell the design on this so I can search on it abit more? Just trying my luck.. :D
     
  4. Dan S Feb 17, 2019

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    It appears to be a US-cased watch, so it may be difficult to identify a particular reference and/or find identical examples. There are obvious signs of water intrusion by the stem; however, I don't see major rust problems in the movement. Everything looks pretty clean.
     
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  5. fluffydawg Feb 17, 2019

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    Thanks Dan, I guess its time to proceed with this transaction.

    Btw US-Cased watch means to say theres alot of variation hence hard to identify?
     
  6. Dan S Feb 17, 2019

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    Well, I don't want to mislead you, so maybe you should wait for a more knowledgeable member. But when I see the engraving on the inside of the case-back (along with the LXW import code on the movement), it suggests to me that this watch was originally shipped in parts to the US and assembled into a US-made case. This was normal practice during a certain era. So it wouldn't necessarily have a Longines reference number and I wouldn't know how to search for other examples. There is generally less information about US-cased Swiss watches in general.

    You could try requesting historical information from the Longines archives (it's free through their website). However, if it was cased as I suspect, they will just tell you that the movement was shipped to the Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co., but at least you will know the date and that the movement is properly in a US-made case.
     
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  7. Deafboy His Holiness Puer Surdus Feb 17, 2019

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    Hi,
    Welcome to Omega Forums!
    It's a nice watch. Be advised that the case is gold filled, and not solid gold, and this has a major influence on its monetary value.
     
  8. Tony C. Ωf Jury member Feb 17, 2019

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    No reason to believe that it isn't fully genuine. However, as noted above, most collectors tend to avoid gold-filled cases, so the value is less than a similar steel or gold cased version would be.
     
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