Post your Longineseses'

Neat example, with "Longines" on the outside of the case-back and "5 ADJ." on the movement, which looks to be a caliber 23M.

Yes, it's movement cal 23

Hello everyone,

I am new here and this is my first post. I don't know if I'm in the right place, if I should have introduced myself before, etc. If I have done something wrong, please let me know. If this post should have been included in a special watches presentations site, Administrators, please move it. Thank you

I don't have many Longines, in fact only 2 and they are both antique (“vintage” to some people). One is a 1929 solid gold pocket watch, but today it's turn to present the wristwatch one.

It is a Longines Admiral, model 8184A, with caliber 507 (Yeeeessssss, I know, I know, that there are Longines purists who pontificate that there are more “Longinesess” calibers, and they claim that this caliber is not as good/collectionable as the 50xx because Longines made it after the acquisition of Record and blah, blah, blah... I guess whoever says that is because they want to merit their calibers at the expense of demeriting others. Anyway...). The serial number allows us to place it at the end of 1969-1970. The caliber is a 507 (day, quickset date), 17-jewel, and original Longines, which runs at 19800 A/h and is based on a basic and previous caliber 503; it has also a power reserve of 44 hours.

The case is made of 18k solid gold (which pleases me greatly because I can't conceive of old iron watches, when everyone at these times longed for a solid gold one; no gold-plated or gold-plated, but fully solid gold. And I said that because I clearly remember seniors' conversations from this time), whose manufacturer is Guillod & Co, from La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland (Hammer head with the number 121 inside).
The bracelet pleases me greatly as it consists of a solid gold milanese, 18K) which is very much in the taste of the time, although it is not original Longines.
I usually alternate it with a dark brown original Longines strap with gold-plated buckle, but modern. The dial is silver, without having been retouched, and bears the mark “LONGINES”, with the anagram, below the “12”; the word “Automatic” in Embasy type, above the “6”; and 5 stars and the word ‘ADMIRAL’ at “9”. The original hands are “bastone” type and the hours also consist of golden “bastone” type indexes.

After much research, I managed to find an exact ad for my Longines model, for the Italian market, so you can know the exact price of the time and the comparison with other models of the manufacturer, as well as the effort in monthly payrolls that had to be made to acquire it.

Thank you for your welkoming.
Woowww, what a set of aces you have. I'd go with them alone to an island (I'm talking about true love, not fooling around).
Regards

Thanks for your welkom. I hope to present it soon (Its picture is on my avatar).
But let me first to digest a bit the Admiral's post: I didn't think anyone would like it and I'm surprised.
Regards