I am a bit confused... am I missing the very particular thing of this Longines?
What do you, dear community, think of buying such a high priced vintage longines?

https://www.shucktheoyster.com/longines-stepcase-calatrava-tre-tacche-3864-vintage-watch/

cheers,
Giovanni

 

I believe you are paying for a premium a very high .... that was a watch to be bought 15 years ago and now you would be the seller.
the watch is beautiful so depends on what you want to spend

 

crown not original I think

 

Precisely. And it's ludicrous that the crown is so obviously incorrect.

 

The old saying 'buy the seller' stocks in my mind...

 

I've come across this seller's website and wondered to what extent he restores the watches. For example this Omega 265 looks in great condition but is it original? The Omega text looks a bit off centre to me compared with the applied Omega Symbol

 

35 mm tre tacche are not cheap , the price is not outrageous compare to what people were asking 2 years ago. Asking price is not always selling price

 

That seller has some nice watches, and some watches that have been tampered with, but the prices are all sky-high. I have never tried to deal with him, so I don't know whether he is at all amenable to reasonable offers.

 

Does anyone know any dealers on Instagram with websites whose prices are not "sky high"?
This price may well be ludicrous but for better or for worse, it is what those often cost for a nice example sold by a dealer.
Until people get fed up with those of course - humans like change and fashions are fickle.

PS - Some small tre tacches have big crowns that look like this, @LarryG had one for example.
So could there have been similar ones on large tre tacches?

PPS a tre tacche is not a "calatrava"!! It's a friggin' dive watch -- more like a "ploprof".
https://omegaforums.net/threads/okay-as-promised-scans-of-a-few-calatravas.43066/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/im-going-to-ban-the-word-calatrava-from-the-longines-forum.43514/

 

A friend bought a polished polerouter from this particular dealer for 2.9 euros iirc

My friend wasn't educated and assumed dealers would be reputable.....

 

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PS - Some small tre tacches have big crowns that look like this, @LarryG had one for example.
So could there have been similar ones on large tre tacches?

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I was about to say that Ive seen large crowns of similar style on other stepped case tre t-s. I wouldnt rule our possibility that crown is original.

 

In my experience, the larger crowns seem ironically, to have been found on smaller models. I have also seen a number of old catalogues, and have yet to find a similar (relative) size crown on the larger models.

 

Has anyone dealt with this seller before? I've heard mixed things... some people seem to not like him (prices aside, just in how he interacts with clients). But this is second hand info and I have not worked with him directly. Would be curious to hear someone's opinion.

 

I’ve interacted with him and he was perfectly nice. Polite responsive and pleasant. Price was negotiable.

 

Here's another 35mm tre tacche on offer -nice dial but polished case. 10K euros is ambitious.
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Vintage-Lon...926168?hash=item3b2f04fb98:g:8V4AAOSwOmtcqfzHPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

Not to hijack a post but looks like a few longines experts on here. Any idea what this piece is. I love it it keeps great time but it's a bit small

 

Hour/minute hands do not look correct. Intrigued by the "POLDI" engraving on the back.

 

It's a Longines! What more do you want to know? If the case was made in the USA, there will not be a Longines reference number associated with it. If others are interested, more info on this watch can be found here: https://omegaforums.net/threads/looking-for-reference.89407/

 

Actually forgot I had made that post sorry

 

I like it. Dibs!
PS - Now seeing your earlier post, you have received as much info from a Longines expert as this watch could yield. Curious what size it it....