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Thoughts/knowledge on 1950s “science dial”

Syrte
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Any collector can easily find where this is.

Second of all there are so many questions around the watch that it would help the community if someone could obtain more information about it.

No, not every collector or buyer would know where to find it. The fact it’s only being posted now demonstrates that, by the way. Some of us have seen it a while ago.
Communities can happily benefit from discussion after the fact.
In those situations proper etiquette is to keep mum IMHO.
In this competitive world those discussions are best kept private.
That does entail not triggering a public discussion however, I’ll agree with that much.
 
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Dial layout very similar to this Bulova chrono from 1946, operated by pushing the crown. Same 10AH movement as the earlier Bulova 'Stop Watch' model from 1942/3.




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Radiumpassion
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Yes, and the Bulova has a matching subdial and chapter ring. Cool piece.
 
buddman
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One of the participants in another forum notes that the last digits of the serial number should match the digits on the lug, at least in the case of military watches. Is that a univeral/general Longines thing?
 
cchen
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No, it should match the number on the caseback, which it looks like it does.
 
buddman
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Sorry I meant caseback number - 325. The movement number ends with 144? Or am i looking at the wrong thing?
 
ConElPueblo
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Sorry I meant caseback number - 325. The movement number ends with 144? Or am i looking at the wrong thing?

As @cchen says, the matching numbers are the ones on the lug and the caseback. The movement serial has nothing to do with this.
 
bubba48
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To be seen without the glass, but imho it's a redial.
 
JackW
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I'm afraid I can't comment on the watch, but if you really believe this:

buddman buddman
You’ll note that I didn’t post sufficient info for the piece to be searchable.

please be advised that it took me (and will take most people) all of 15 seconds to find the listing, using the pictures you provided.
 
cchen
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Damn, that sold super cheap. Such a rare combo. So who got it??
 
Syrte
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Damn, that sold super cheap. Such a rare combo. So who got it??

How can you be so surprised it sold cheap when massive numbers of vintage collectors and professionals are monitoring what’s being written on OF and half the comments opined it was a redial and/ or a franken?

We’re not having beer at the pub with a handful of friends or having tea in somebody’s living room, this is a public platform with 50000 registered members written up in the New York times as a place of expertise.

At all times there are 3 times more people watching as “guests” than there are members on line.

Furthermore, it’s a big watch at 35mm, so the beautiful dial, whether refinished or not is not eligible for transplant in a 35mm tre tacche which has a thicker bezel. Which is one of the sources of speculation or price hikes on certain watches, which are clearly being purchased in order to be stripped of their dial.

PS - for the record, hammer price 850GBP - which is about 1088 if you include commissions and taxes.
Ie about 1200 euros or 1340 USD at today's exchange rate.
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Syrte
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It was sarcasm
Oooooooh.... where’s that humor font we’ve been wanting for so long? 😉
 
Woops
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Syrte Syrte
Oooooooh.... where’s that humor font we’ve been wanting for so long? 😉

At the redial shop....along with everything else it seems 😀
 
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