Need help! Is this crown correct for 6404-1?

mahomes · Oct 9, 2022

Hello OF members.

As the title suggests. I need some help identifying if this unsigned crown is correct for this reference? Or did longines not sign their crowns in 1952?

Thanks in advance!

Ninred · Oct 9, 2022

I think its the right crown they did have signed crowns back then. But could be wrong.

mahomes · Oct 9, 2022

Ninred
I think its the right crown they did have signed crowns back then. But could be wrong.

Thanks, I did hear that they started signing their crowns back in the fifties, hence why I’m asking.

mahomes · Oct 9, 2022

Anyone else knows?

DirtyDozen12 · Oct 9, 2022

This one, with a relatively close serial number, appears to have the same crown. Some other references from this period have crowns with deeper serrations. However, I think that your crown is likely correct. Regarding the crown being unsigned, that is what I would expect for circa 1952. By the mid-1950s, signed crowns became prevalent, IMO.

https://www.marcelswatch.com/en/product/vintage-longines-1952/

mahomes · Oct 9, 2022

DirtyDozen12
This one, with a relatively close serial number, appears to have the same crown. Some other references from this period have crowns with deeper serrations. However, I think that your crown is likely correct. Regarding the crown being unsigned, that is what I would expect for circa 1952. By the mid-1950s, signed crowns became prevalent, IMO.

Thank you for your insight!
Yes that model you referred to looks like quite similar, based on that it may be correct 😀

Need help! Is this crown correct for 6404-1?

mahomes

Ninred

mahomes

mahomes

DirtyDozen12

mahomes

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