Seller claims that this one is a "Pre"-Conquest: www.ebay.com/itm/201992451031Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network If I compare the Automatic font to the ones in this thread (https://omegaforums.net/threads/longines-vintage-automatics.411/), it is different. Sold in 1963. Dial looks like a conquest, but the date window is different. Case looks like a Conquest, but case back is different to any Conquest I have seen. So what is it? "Pre"-Conquest or "Post-Redial"?
Not a redial but not a pre conquest either. These were cased in US by the Longines partner Wittnauer with their own design and did not carry any Conquest specific trimmings.
I dont think we can call it "Pre-Conquest" because the first Conquest was release on 1954. I think call it US model or something like that ^_^
As others have already mentioned, watch is legit. One has to wonder why Menta would sell a full set Longines on the bay instead of his site though.....
It had the Longines-Wittnauer reference 69-308 (or 69-308A for the 14k one) and does not measure 35mm but 34,5mm.
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All kudos to the long timers here, especially the squirrel lover Dennis for all his sharing and enthusiasm for Longines in times past!
The (Longines) All-Guard is generally considered the predecessor of the Conquest. Learned that from Dennis.
Yes I remember thinking the unlabeled versions were pre-All-Guard as discussed in another thread but they were released concurrently with the All-Guard. Nice trio!