Help me out here guys!
I found this one online and ... i believe this is the one for me to kickstart my affair with vintage watches... what do you guys think? really appreciate the fact that a forum like this exists...cheers!
http://www.chrono24.com/longines/gold-capped-automatic-watch--id4722994.htm

 

Minutehand appears too large, engraved case-back, appears overpolished and overpriced. I believe you can find a more solid deal on here sometimes.

 

Yea the minute hand did have me questioning... is it a redial though?

 

Very interesting to see the golden fish medaillion on a manual wound Longines.

 

They dont come with them?

 

I know that they made some casebacks with the fish as engravings before the Conquest (automatic) was launched.
...but I never saw a golden fish medaillion with enamel on another watch than a Conquest. Nevertheless the caseback one on the watch you posted looks authentic to me.

 

Run from this one, it's not authentic Longines.

Too many issues on this one to list, but here's a start: Most obvious is blue enamel (and a bad job) isn't correct on the fish medallion, it should be green; highly overpriced, where's the Conquest font?

 

I read up on what gold capped means so...if it looks polished, I dont know how thats gonna affect the "capping" though. Not too fussed about the case back being engraved upon. AA looks like someones initals perhaps. Also the whole October 1956 thing, I think its alright. the crown, well, it has the longines symbol on it. But the dial... and the Longines written on it... is it...(gulp) a redial this one?

 

Gosh thanks dougie!

 

Yes it appears to be a redial.

 

what are the other issues that you see? Im learning too. Is it because the second hands is ther that the word conquest couldnt be written ?

 

Read the second post in this thread: https://omegaforums.net/threads/longines-vintage-automatics.411/

Also the minute track appears to have markers wandering over the two-tone as it traverses the circle.

 

I would not recommend the watch either, but i disagree that the caseback is badly carried out. It's just worn the same way it happens on the conquests. I like the fact that it is blue and still think it is originally applied by Longines.

 

Well I read the description further and it seems it's not an automatic as the headline says.

 

Yes I saw that one as well

 

No need to worry about other issues, when we say run.......... Run

 

TNTM everything here, but also there's no 'Swiss' at the very bottom of the dial... this isn't an 'absolute', but always a red flag...

 

Hah! Got it! ;0

 

Thanks guys appreciate this..

 

Definitely was NOT applied by Longines. They ONLY used the blue on the 'Waves and Stars' medallion.