Vintage Longines Diver - ???

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Darlinboy

·Oct 23, 2015·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

Is this one legit? Dial looks ??? to me, but my depth of knowledge on these is snorkeling at best. 😒

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-LON...301805?hash=item235b4804ad:g:QF8AAOSwI-BWJqle

 

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Maganator

·Oct 23, 2015

I am no expert but on review of similar images of that watch online I think it looks ok - the crowns may not be original though.

I stress my lack of expertise here.

 

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M.D.

·Oct 23, 2015

My depth of knowledge is sitting on the beach looking at the water, but I thought the same thing, the crowns look off.

Hoping more experienced folks come along soon to lend their thoughts.

 

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Gavin

·Oct 23, 2015

The watch looks kosher including crowns which are original. Interestingly this seller had sold two other LLDs this year also in nice condition iirc.

 

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ulackfocus

·Oct 23, 2015

The watch looks fine. The seller's feedback however..... 😵‍💫🤔

 

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Darlinboy

·Oct 23, 2015·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

The dial is still throwing me off... The markers generally and round vs rectangle 3.6.9.12. How many variations exist?

 

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Gavin

·Oct 23, 2015

I've spoken to a collector who's versed in the LLD when I was buying mine, he toldtold me there are several variations although he did not tell me how many. And that mine is fine.

 

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primabaleron

·Oct 23, 2015

Gavin

I've spoken to a collector who's versed in the LLD when I was buying mine, he toldtold me there are several variations although he did not tell me how many. And that mine is fine.

It maybe your a familiar collector will tell you something about the hands of my LLD ref.7594)?

 

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ulackfocus

·Oct 23, 2015

primabaleron

It maybe your a familiar collector will tell you something about the hands of my LLD ref.7594)?

Are they modern replacements?

 

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primabaleron

·Oct 23, 2015

Probably yes.

I have already received such a watch...

 

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MMMD

·Oct 23, 2015

That's a ref. 7042, like mine.



I think the numbers on this reference shouldn't be lumed, but it looks right otherwise, including crowns.
This article is a good reference ("7402" in this article is a typo; it should read 7042):

http://www.longinespassion.it/Longines_Passion/longines_diver.html

 

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oddboy

·Oct 23, 2015

Damn it. I had hopes this one would slip through.

 

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Gavin

·Oct 24, 2015

primabaleron

It maybe your a familiar collector will tell you something about the hands of my LLD ref.7594)?

I've seen 2 different variations of hour hands, the fully lume ones like mine and MMMD's and the one on yours which is partially lumed at the tip on the original vintage LLD. However all the minute hands that I have seen, although I may not have seen enough, are with lume which spans throughout the entire hands like the others you have seen in this thread. The hands of the heritage watch is similar with full lume. So I agree with Dennis they are replacements and the minute hand does not belong to a LLD.

 

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Eric_navi

·Oct 24, 2015

I was unable to find another with similarly lumed numbers... They look similar to Nautilus lume... It is a 7042 So perhaps it's an early version? I also wondered why the numbers were lumed and the bezel triangle was not. Curious to see what the market thinks.