Recommended Longines Watches On Ebay

SWmania

Do you perhaps have the link to the mixed lot auction? if possible??

w154

I’d prefer not to share here.

SWmania

I understand. Still a pity you lost that auction. Must have been a super bargain to say the least...

w154

Apologies for not wanting to share the links, but I think it’s useful to know that the watch is being offered for sale as it was bought, as so many of these 35mm Tre-Tacche are sold with recently “upgraded” dials. The evidence I’ve seen suggests this is a legitimate and fresh to market example.

Please don’t request a link by DM then get the hump when I reiterate that I prefer not to share !

“That's fine, you are not the first collector thinking they have an exclusive goldmine, I am used to this attitude. I wonder why bother sharing your sob story of being the underbidder though, you will get no sympathy without sharing. Good luck with your niche forum/auction house etc, maybe you get lucky in the future”

SWmania

In defense, not me who requested the link via DM...!

Also, thanks for sharing the insight.

w154

Apologies for not wanting to share the links, but I think it’s useful to know that the watch is being offered for sale as it was bought, as so many of these 35mm Tre-Tacche are sold with recently “upgraded” dials. The evidence I’ve seen suggests this is a legitimate and fresh to market example.

Please don’t request a link by DM then get the hump when I reiterate that I prefer not to share !

“That's fine, you are not the first collector thinking they have an exclusive goldmine, I am used to this attitude. I wonder why bother sharing your sob story of being the underbidder though, you will get no sympathy without sharing. Good luck with your niche forum/auction house etc, maybe you get lucky in the future”

hejsam

Could you at least share a picture of the lot? Or at least this watch in the lot.
Would be good for posterity to verify that this dial actually was born in this case 😀

Syrte

Not surprising after the info shared here. If the buyer flips it, OF and @w154 should get a cut for the validation. Heck, I would have been tempted too.

Syrte

One important thing I would add is that the dial is a typical 1930s dial- how it landed together with an early 1940s case and a late 1940s movement is not so much of a mystery, given that this chunky case may well be bigger than the original one.
If I were betting, I would say this dial indeed probably started its life in a 31mm cushion case like the beautiful one from @chronovantage2 below— and the small size might explain the urge to relocate the dial to a larger case.

Also for comparison, another black sector dial from the same era in a cushion cases. (Mine, with thanks to @yako54 for selling me his).

You’ll note in the Ebay watch the uneven space between the bezel and the minute index, the dial looks like a small person borrowed someone else’s oversize sweat shirt.

Remember those dial types are prime transplant candidates, as proven in the thread below.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/longines-dial-transplant.76574/