@Maskelyne - I wish I could look at it right now and measure the diameter. It is in a wardrobe in my parents house in Melbourne. I am in Los Angeles until....

I promise I will get a picture up as soon as I can.

I never thought any of these Longines watches would ever be worth anything.

 

I see, very informative, thank you.

Ok, just like Omega and several other manufacturers did. The site is very informative.

 

- Looking forward to se it! In my case (!) I am not in this for the money. It has been my passion and interest since the 80´s and it´s the history of a fine timepiece with the skilled craftsmanship connected to a beautiful case and dial that gets me excited - if you get my point.

 

I picked up the watch today! The crystal is cracked and needs to be replaced. A scratched crystal can make the dial look like it´s redialed or heavily damaged. Here are some high resolution pictures in different illumination setting. I think the dial is stunning - made in 1947!




Picture from the seller and my picture.

 

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

 

Beautiful pictures and congrats! Oh and also dibs!

 

Wow! Talk about a difference between seller’s photos and real life!

That dial is gorgeous. Any @janice&fred doubts that I entertained are gone: that is no redial.

Congratulations!

 

Thanks for all kind replies. Based on the sellers photo the dial looked rather sloppy, but I could see that it was genuine. The fonts and the text was correct. It´s quite hard sometimes to asses a dial when the crystal is damaged. But I must say, most humbly, that I get better for every watch I asses. I find it very exciting to buy a watch, receiving it, and find that it looks much better than the picture showed.

Now I will leave it to the watchmaker and I will return with new photos soon.

 

That is a sexy dial, for sure. The watch will clean up well.