So this was a missed opportunity, a watch that sold around a month ago on eBay with a buy it now price of 230USD. I'm not sure why I hesitated, perhaps because the size wasn't declared, or perhaps because I couldn't see any external hallmarks, or perhaps because 14k made me think it was not a Swiss made case, but I decided after five minutes to buy it but by then it had gone. There were no extra clues in the description which were little more than "14K gold vintage Longines watch..."

So it's been on my mind since then... can I ask for opinions on it ?

And did anyone here buy it from under my nose !

 

It seems a Borgel/Taubert case and I did not know Longines used that type of case, anyway a small watch

 

Very interesting. Agree with @mario linus re. the size. When looking at the stubby hands, I'd put the diameter at around 31mm.

 

Must be very small maybe less than 30 mm, have u asked the seller @w154 ?

 

Looks suspiciously like a Movado case. I wonder if the dial and movement could have been re-cased?

 

Yes it looks like Borgel/Taubert, and it really looks like steel rather than gold. Seeing as I missed it I didn't ask the seller anything about it (I think it's not fair on the buyer to show any post sale interest). Here was the listing.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/longines-gold-watch-14k/232565877231?hash=item362601a9ef:g:UqEAAOSwP4FaD2uYPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

It looks steel? Really?

Not to my eye, and hard to believe that the seller would state "14k" if it were steel.

 

Yeah I take that back

I hadn't revisited the listing until today and the contrast on my iPad was perhaps misleading. The annoying thing is that the seller must have had the back off to state it was 14k, but didn't include a movement shot or inside case-back shot.

 

Interestingly, in the "You might also like these..." section, this was listed:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/14K-Solid-...194093?hash=item3f7f91b0ed:g:oF4AAOSwyltZRcnYPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

@ConElPueblo full marks, go straight to the top of the class !

 

I was thinking the same

 

In my expert opinion, it's an American produced case, probably Wadsworth...