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路A recent arrival, circa 1941....the case is a bit small for my fence post sized wrist....my wife has taken a liking to it, though....off to my WM it goes.
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BlueHands
路Today a beautiful new strap arrived, perfect matching with the dial tone
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路Speckled Tre Tacche from Argentina would like to say Hola:
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Spruce
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Syrte
路A recent arrival, circa 1941....the case is a bit small for my fence post sized wrist....my wife has taken a liking to it, though....off to my WM it goes.
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BlueHands
路Ooh, quite lovely, too bad your wife has gotten hold of it as I know you won鈥檛 be able to let it go now. Dibs anyhow just in case!
Very nice, I seem to recognize the good work of @torrestraps 馃槈
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路Just acquired this little swing lug Longines. 32.5mm 3 part stainless steel case with screw on bezel and back, number inside the case back matches the 12.68Z movement (which I thought quite low for a 12.68Z at 5505952) which dates to circa 1937 I believe. At first glance it feels totally unmolested, the case parts thread together nicely, I can't see any repairs on the swing lugs, the Plexiglas has nice age crazing and the crown has a nice amount of wear. Even the strap has considerable age. It's not running but I expect (hope) it's only a service required. Little bit of fading and patina on the dial but nothing that offends me. I am just about fine wearing a 32.5mm watch but the 12mm strap is a bit more tricky, we will see. It might end up with miss size6's!
Do we know when the 12.68z was introduced?
Do we know when the 12.68z was introduced?
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路Looked in the fabulous catalogues on vintagelongines.com. Couldn't find the exact model but the hands are the same as the swing lug ref 3578 with a cal 12.68 in the French catalogues for 1936/7, different case and dial though. I might trouble Longines' brilliant service for an extract next week.
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mrbreen
路This might be familiar to some members here
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Syrte
路Just acquired this little swing lug Longines. 32.5mm 3 part stainless steel case with screw on bezel and back, number inside the case back matches the 12.68Z movement (which I thought quite low for a 12.68Z at 5505952) which dates to circa 1937 I believe. At first glance it feels totally unmolested, the case parts thread together nicely, I can't see any repairs on the swing lugs, the Plexiglas has nice age crazing and the crown has a nice amount of wear. Even the strap has considerable age. It's not running but I expect (hope) it's only a service required. Little bit of fading and patina on the dial but nothing that offends me. I am just about fine wearing a 32.5mm watch but the 12mm strap is a bit more tricky, we will see. It might end up with miss size6's!
Do we know when the 12.68z was introduced?
I seem to recall the 12.68Z was introduced in 1932, but this would deserve double checking.I
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路Thanks Syrte, your interest is duly noted.
Googling around your recall looks good Syrte, found one with a 518xxxx serial number, a little odd that Ranfft notes 1938 for the 12.68z.
Googling around your recall looks good Syrte, found one with a 518xxxx serial number, a little odd that Ranfft notes 1938 for the 12.68z.
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路The 12.68Z with small seconds was introduced in 1929. Your watch is very nice, like the dial and especially these hands.
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路I might trouble Longines' brilliant service for an extract next week.
Extract info from Longines arrived unbelievably quickly. Unfortunately, the model doesn't seem to have a reference or code. The rest I knew as I could see B&Co on one side of the bottom plate near the balance opposite the cal reference, see pic. But nice to have it confirmed, such a great service.
"The original serial number 5'505'952 identifies a wristwatch in stainless steel. It is fitted with a Longines manually wound mechanical movement, caliber 12.68Z and was invoiced on 16 October 1937 to the company Baume, which was at that time our agent for the United Kingdom."
