In the same building downtown as my watchmaker (to whom I went to drop off a 135-year-old Waltham pocket watch for a friend), afterwards I went to a jeweler that sometimes has some vintages to peruse...and found these crisp examples. I don't need another watch (!), but somehow couldn't pass these up (you all know how that is).

First is a 1966 Tissot Seastar, a nice 35 mm size.











Next, a steel Longines dress watch (33.5 mm) with fabulous 2-tone engine-turned (I think) dial. Unfortunately I can't get the tight snap case back open myself. In the shop I neglected to note the caliber, though it is a non-chronometer 17 jewel movement. I'll have to bring it to my watchmaker at some point. The case back was marked fab. suisse, so it appears to be a Swiss-cased watch of the period ('50s?).







Not sure if this brushed finish on the case back is original, but the rest looks unpolished.

 

Cool dial on the Longines! I love impulse buys.

 

Perhaps. I have no way of knowing whether or not they were intended that way. But the lume on the dial and hands match perfectly, and both glow similarly dimly to bright light for a short time (common on lume from that period in my experience), so I favor original.

 

By the way, the Tissot is 19mm between the the lugs, and the Longines 17mm. I switched out the brown strap on the Tissot for one the proper size. Nice strap, though (Hadley-Roma), to use on something else!

 

Ed, I still have to show you all my 30mm movement Omegas, and these too no doubt, soon.

 

Dennis was right, the Longines is a 12.68 Z. Very clean movement, but it's currently in for a service.

1953 movement

 

Nice, always fun when you go out and a watch follows you home