Snail dial 5699 (or 23086) just sold (-edit- The 5699/23086 thread)

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Mark020

·Jun 3, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Interesting to see this nice snail dial just sold for USD 78.125 incl. fee. Link: click. I know specifics of 51 examples but have only 1 other snail dial on record, which sold for EUR 156k in 2019 (see: click). Cleaner dial but replaced minute hand and not matching (also perhaps relumed as well and what about the right index print...)! Of the 51 I know at least 6 are not matching (but 1 could potentially be rematched) and even the one in the Longines museum is not(!) so this is a bit of a known issue with 5699's 😉

Anyway: (very) well bought I think.

Pics of both:

Edited: Jun 3, 2024

 

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DirtyDozen12

·Jun 3, 2024·Thanks, mystery donor!

I agree, $78K USD seems a bit low when compared with the $62K USD that the example below sold for just 2 days earlier, on June 1. Maybe better photos would have helped the No. 266 (snail tachy). Or maybe the light patina put people off.

Souce: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/longines-ref-5699-lot-369-106?page=1&q=longines

 

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Mark020

·Jun 3, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

I won’t be surprised if it will show up - after a service and with new plexi - at Menta or so for 100k

 

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Larry S

·Jun 3, 2024·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

I keep forgetting on occasion that EU uses decimals for commas. Did a double take. $78 bucks?????? 😲 Just lovely.

 

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Mark020

·Jun 4, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

The Monaco one was published in Goldberger (2nd print I assume which I don’t have) so that may explain part of the premium paid

 

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Mark020

·Jun 5, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

This Monaco one was sold in 2010 for USD 20k 😁 https://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=45604291

 

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Mark020

·Jun 15, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Fresh to the market and one digit away (on both serial and lug number): https://www.shucktheoyster.com/portfolio/longines-sommatore-centrale-13zn-vintage-chronograph-5699/

 

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Johannes11

·Jun 15, 2024

Mark020

Fresh to the market and one digit away (on both serial and lug number): https://www.shucktheoyster.com/portfolio/longines-sommatore-centrale-13zn-vintage-chronograph-5699/

Your collecting is so impressive, what with your number situation...
If you weren't from up north I would consider you an amazing person.

 

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Mark020

·Jun 21, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

I just like to collect numbers 😁

Mark020

I won’t be surprised if it will show up - after a service and with new plexi - at Menta or so for 100k

And indeed

 

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Mark020

·Aug 18, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Fresh to the market: #163 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-wTWfNugku/

 

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Larry S

·Aug 18, 2024·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

13zn, Nina, Clapton…… grails that sadly will never see my wrist.

 

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SWmania

·Aug 18, 2024

Larry S

13zn, Nina, Clapton…… grails that sadly will never see my wrist.

Maybe one day... we can all dream!!

 

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Mark020

·Oct 16, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Intruiging one on ebay: https://www.ebay.it/itm/225985299029. Case only. CB 250 and case 132 so mismatching which is IMHO an indication that they were owned by 'something' which had a (large) number of them.

Not the first case only sale. This only sold for a much lower price. I would have perhaps acquired this would I have seen it earlier. https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/longines-13zn-12-case-1231936912/

The font of the '371' inscription seems to be identical. Delivery date of these watches will have been (around) 1947. All 23086's with delivery indicated I know of were to the USA. These 2 cases are both from Europe. As stated above I assume they will have been owned by an army or company. I found this unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/371st_Bombardment_Squadron to be (re)actived in 1946, part of the Strategic Air Command, so perhaps this is were they came from. Intruiging stuff.