Longines grand prize lume question

Awetaylor · Jul 15, 2020

Hi all,

I have been on the hunt for a longines for a while now and found this Longines Grand prize in a lovely antique shop in St. Malo, france.

I was first drawn to the hands and the sunburst dial. However the hands, while lovely, do not have any lume on them. The indices around the edge do have lume.

I asked the dealer and he says he thinks the hands are original.

Did longines make watches with lume on the indices, but not on the hands ? To me, that doesn't make sense as you can't tell the time in the dark.

You would have a pretty floresent circle to look at though...

Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Alex

Awetaylor · Jul 15, 2020

The price is 680 euro , for anyone who would like to know.

Sorry for the terrible photos. I am not asking for a full dial inspection so I hoped they would be okay.

X350 XJR · Jul 15, 2020

The centers of the hands are simply missing their lume, they should not be hollow like this.

Case is polished, price is high.

Awetaylor · Jul 18, 2020

Thanks for the help there !

I thought it was a mad idea to have lumeless hands. I admit i kind of like the look of the hollow hands, but it woukd forever bother me knowing that lume was supposed to be in them.

divetime · Jul 20, 2020

sorry but I disagree, hands are much too short. They can't be original ....

killer67 · Jul 20, 2020

divetime
sorry but I disagree, hands are much too short. They can't be original ....

those are correct hands

Benbradstock · Jul 23, 2020

T SWISS T at the bottom of the dial indicates that lume should be present in both hands and dial.

SportChief · Jul 26, 2020

K killer67
those are correct hands

They are indeed, a forum member posted pictures of the exact same watch in new old stock condition a little while back.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/longines-grand-prize-nos-find-from-local-junk-hoarder.114468/

Awetaylor · Jul 27, 2020

SportChief
They are indeed, a forum member posted pictures of the exact same watch in new old stock condition a little while back.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/longines-grand-prize-nos-find-from-local-junk-hoarder.114468/

That was the thread I used to find what the hands should look like when there is lume on them.
I think X350 XJR's original analysis seems likely to be true. Still odd that there is not a trace of lume on the hands anymore.

SportChief · Jul 27, 2020

Awetaylor
That was the thread I used to find what the hands should look like when there is lume on them.
I think X350 XJR's original analysis seems likely to be true. Still odd that there is not a trace of lume on the hands anymore.

I agree as well. It's quite pricey for what it is.

Longines grand prize lume question

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