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Radiumpassion
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I was looking for this watch but the radium hands scared me (my wife to be honest) ... I've seen you want to relume the hands, is-it possible to "remove" the radium and put tritium hands ?

Maybe a vintage mil-watch is not for you?
 
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I've found this one, i'm not a fan of this strap but the dial looks great.
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For information, she has been sold 1500€...
 
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For information, she has been sold 1500€...
Did you get it?
I found it too.... but I did not buy it. Once on the wrist it didn’t « sing » to me as they say.
It was a nice bike ride to the viewing though.
 
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I only bid up to €1k, so we’ll above what I was prepared to spend. Neat watches though and that one was in particularly good condition.
 
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I have one (but back in Melbourne).

The case is the same but it has square font for the numbers.

When I get back to Melbourne, I'll post a picture.

I always wondered whether these would be worth anything.
 
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Syrte Syrte
Did you get it?
I found it too.... but I did not buy it. Once on the wrist it didn’t « sing » to me as they say.
It was a nice bike ride to the viewing though.

No, I did not want to put so much on this model.
 
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Here it is, all Longines confirms it is a MN, but can't tell me if they ever made it like this. It's at the very end of the production run. Anyway, if a second one appears at some point, this one will be its sister. My gut feeling is that it is correct but admittingly, I have not seen one like it before. The dial and hands are radioactive so it's not something recent either way.

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Gwade
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This is a great writeup!
Here's my #2961 Wide Serif reporting for the database -
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Servius
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New MN spotted on eBay... Looks like this example is the latest produced known, just a tad younger than mine 😗. Both have their back (having been) blank(ed).

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@Syrte

You right I haven't been clear, it's an old listing.

Haven't seen it flipped elsewhere, that dial stopped my bid on a pretty low level anyway... Was just curious about that blank back 😀
 
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mahamithra
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Lat to the table, but this is a great resource and am very pleased you decided to share it. I am sure it will help many people who venture into the MN world. Myself included
 
Syrte
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The one with the skimmed case back which @Servius posted also resurfaced on IG - also in France- after it vanished from Ebay.
 
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Servius
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Stil scratching my head about this one...

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Ebay listing just finished last week. Very, very late serial number (7833XXX), case reference 5774, blank caseback... 😕
 
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