Longines in the 40s...

DirtyDozen12

@Rumar89 Thanks for the update! Argentina makes sense. Both central and south America seemed to have a penchant for striking designs.

DirtyDozen12

@Rumar89 Thanks for the update! Argentina makes sense. Both central and south America seemed to have a penchant for striking designs.

nicolsson

Hi guys, longines made some superlatives Watches in the 40s... and I would like to go into more detail on this matter. Any suggest about books/links or something else to help me on this way?

"Calatrava" is a very classical case design with a flat bezel that is associated with Pateks Ref 96 invented in the early 30´s . These watches were only 31mm in diameter. Talking about Longines watches with this particular look and the flat bezel there are very few models in existence which mainly date from the late 30´s to the mid 40´s. Longines produced some of them with 37,5mm big cases. According to their dials there are tremendous differences in value and rareness of these early watches with the flat bezels compared to the 50´s Longines watches (which still exist in large numbers with "normal" styled bezels).
Amongst the nicest and rarest "Calatrava" style Longines are the super rare Military Serbians, perhaps this blog is of interest for you:
https://www.vwcltd.com/buy-a-watch-with-me-the-story-of-the-black-serbian/
https://www.vwcltd.com/buy-a-watch-with-me-the-story-of-the-black-serbian-part-2/

Rumar89

I was watching Carmel on Netflix the other day (Argentine true murder mini-series) and my girlfriend remarked that their Spanish sounded different. The inflection to her was more sing-song.

Turns out, the majority of Argentines are of Italian descent. So your initial guess of Italy/or wasn’t too far off the mark. It’s that Sprezzatura.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Argentines

yako54

Longines ref. 5056 delivered to Baume & Co. in 1947. I always loved this dial variant with the brushed ring and the Roman numerals. So happy I finally found one

nanjingcigaretes

Just bought this, is it look ok to you guys, anything seems off? Thank experts.

Rumar89

If you don’t let size deter you, sei tacches can be pretty dang cool:

DirtyDozen12

More square numerals from Argentina: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGVsC5rHlr/

nicolsson

Definitely beautiful Tony!
It is on my taste... a little too small but very nice.
What I’m looking for is something like that;

TimeODanaos

Astonishing lugs on that 5673! 🙄 Can we see inside the case?

RLC

My three 40's....
Bob
1942 14k Tank

1945 18k Dress

1945 14k Dress

Syrte

The wild shape of the middle one is amazing, and the bottom automatic is lovely👍

OllieOnTheRocks

I’m not sure why but the lugs on the middle one remind me of the feathers on the head of a certain type of eagle. I tried to google it but can find no pictures which confirm what my mind sees. Maybe I’m making things up again.. 😁

Rumar89

So many possibilities...

Philippine Eagle:

Harpy Eagle:

Ornate Hawk-Eagle:

Javan Hawk-Eagle: