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Vitezi
·It's hard to tell if your watch has been repainted based on that photo. We'll need much better lighting and some focused, straight-on pictures to provide an opinion. That being said...this ad is for a Conquest, not a Flagship...but it shows the same positioning of "Automatic" as your example:
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·It's hard to tell if your watch has been repainted based on that photo. We'll need much better lighting and some focused, straight-on pictures to provide an opinion.
^ This, and I would second that I have seen that particular configuration before, but indeed a focused photo would be better.
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·Always be extra suspicious of black print on a white dial. 😒
To my eye, the spacing and centering of "Automatic" seems off, relative to the winged hourglass.
No SWISS at 6?
And is that a minute marker printed on top of that hour marker, or just a shadow?
To my eye, the spacing and centering of "Automatic" seems off, relative to the winged hourglass.
No SWISS at 6?
And is that a minute marker printed on top of that hour marker, or just a shadow?
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·I'll carefully say that it looks good to me. Photo still quite hazy, though.
The darkness on the 8 marker could be a shadow; the light source seems to come from above at 12
The darkness on the 8 marker could be a shadow; the light source seems to come from above at 12
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Mr.Cairo
·Not the same watch, but perhaps useful to compare with
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·Different font, but automatic under the hourglass logo:
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seekingseaquest
·I do not recall seeing this dial print/print location on a Flagship of this era, so I am wary.
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·The automatic in that location is unusual, but I don’t have any doubts about the originality of the dial. The quality of the font looks too good to be a re-dial IMHO. And I think @Vitezi’s concerns about the location of aromatic on the dial are because the photo isn’t taken straight on; the watch is slightly turned to the left.
It looks like there is a Swiss at 6 that is just obscured by the crystal.
Is this solid gold and do you know the movement? Knowing the caliber in particular would help narrow down a time frame/originality.
It looks like there is a Swiss at 6 that is just obscured by the crystal.
Is this solid gold and do you know the movement? Knowing the caliber in particular would help narrow down a time frame/originality.
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Sam11
·The automatic in that location is unusual, but I don’t have any doubts about the originality of the dial. The quality of the font looks too good to be a re-dial IMHO. And I think @Vitezi’s concerns about the location of aromatic on the dial are because the photo isn’t taken straight on; the watch is slightly turned to the left.
It looks like there is a Swiss at 6 that is just obscured by the crystal.
Is this solid gold and do you know the movement? Knowing the caliber in particular would help narrow down a time frame/originality.
It is indeed solid gold. Not sure about the calibre though. I have just never seen the automatic in that configuration on a Flagship dial that's all.
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Dan S
·Dial looks pretty good to me overall. I haven’t researched the details though.
And just looking on my phone ...
And just looking on my phone ...
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Sam11
·Perhaps some one could have used an authentic ultrachron flagship dial or conquest dial and replaced it?
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·It does say Flagship, so can't be a Conquest dial. To me, as others have mentioned, the writing looks too fine to be a redial. It would not be unheard of for Longines to have dial variations like that.
Compare the quality of the font with the HF example I posted. The style and quality is identical. So my opinion remains as before, probably authentic.
Compare the quality of the font with the HF example I posted. The style and quality is identical. So my opinion remains as before, probably authentic.
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Mr.Cairo
·For what it's worth, the Heritage Flagship had this configuration (Automatic under logo), maybe they got the inspiration from some vintage model unknown to us
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