Vintage Longines: stainless steel back and solid gold superior case

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Hi,
some of the vintage brands did (in the 40s and 50s) a strange thing for today (from my knowledge).
They made watches with stainless steel back cases and 14k or 18k superior cases (the upper part).
This was the case (from my exerience, until today) for Certina, Alpina and Omega.
I owned many Certina with this feature, 2 Alpina and never an Omega (but a friend had).
This is the reason why, when i saw on ebay a Longines 9l with a case back written "acier inoxydable" - and not "Fond Acier Inoxydable" - and a rose superior case (advertised as gold filled (?)) i had to buy it.
It arrived today and... it really is a rose gold upper case 馃榾
Have you saw or have in your posession another Longines with a stainless steel back and a gold (full, solid gold) second part of the case?
Because i am lazy, i will just add (for now) the pictures from the ebay ad.
P.s.: yes, it is a redial.
 
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Not exactly the same, but I believe that this example has both solid gold and stainless steel case parts. I have seen another example with the same case and its case-back was marked "Acier Inox.".

 
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How are the solid gold case tops marked? Is it internally, because I cannot see any external stamps?
 
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How are the solid gold case tops marked? Is it internally, because I cannot see any external stamps?
i can speak only for the ones i had: they were not marked 馃榾 Certina, Alpina and now this Longines.
Certina had a special reference that linked the case reference number with steel backcase & gold superior part, but that was it.
For Longines... you just know (the closest jeweler is your friend 馃槈 )
 
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Not exactly the same, but I believe that this example has both solid gold and stainless steel case parts. I have seen another example with the same case and its case-back was marked "Acier Inox.".

this one has a 23.0 or 23m movement inside?