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What vintage Longines is on your wrist today?

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My grandfather passed away in 1978, his watch has just surfaced from my father's second wife and is now in my small collection. Quite tatty as can be seen but I like it as it appears to be all original, 12.68zs movement dates to 1950 that has suffered a little water ingress, Dennison 13322 stainless steel case which I like very much as I have a very early SmithS in the same (plated) case. It will go off for mvt service only when some spare cash appears.
 
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I love this thread.

Here is one that I put on for a moment. However, I had forgotten that the seconds gets a little stuck on the minute hand around the 2 o'clock.

I believe this is missing the bezel (I think that is what it is called). With the potentially missing bezel it looks like a Tre tacche!
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I used to not like the design but now I love it. Breguet numerals, Omega pie pan type indices, dial brushed in two ways. I am throwing in the word calatrava in for good measure.
 
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I love this thread.

Here is one that I put on for a moment. However, I had forgotten that the seconds gets a little stuck on the minute hand around the 2 o'clock.

I believe this is missing the bezel (I think that is what it is called). With the potentially missing bezel it looks like a Tre tacche!
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I used to not like the design but now I love it. Breguet numerals, Omega pie pan type indices, dial brushed in two ways. I am throwing in the word calatrava in for good measure.
Inspired me to get out mine!

Same gorgeous dial, with seconds subdial, funky case/lugs in 14K. Caliber 22A inside.

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@dougiedude - that is beautiful.

I guess they really wanted to showcase their first automatic. The details are really wonderful - many of the Longines designs seem not out of place today.
 
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@dougiedude - that is beautiful.

I guess they really wanted to showcase their first automatic. The details are really wonderful - many of the Longines designs seem not out of place today.
I agree, and I think they were well ahead of the competition in oh-so-many ways at that point in time.

I have two of their first caliber, the other, a center seconds cal.22AS. I need a pic of the two together, but here they are separately, the 22A again:

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New to my small Longines collection
Should be a 12.68N, high quality 33mm stainless steel case from around 1949-1950.
Blued hands, nice patina on hands and dial.


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@dougiedude - Wow. The same for the center seconds - very timeless design.

I often wonder about the people that worked in the design departments during those years. Longines has such a wonderful sense of design.

I think I have a 7111 as well.
 
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A crispy franken. Once upon a time cased in a rose gold case. Whoever found the steel case had good taste though- and I really like it on the wrist.
 
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@Syrte - just checking my ability to recognize watches - is this a french market 22A?
This is a French market 27M- it’s a hand wound movement and not an automatic.
 
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@Syrte - of course. Now that I think of it, all Longines with automatic movements were marked as such I believe at least until the L890 as far as I know. I can't think of anywhere were I have seen a Longines automatic without it being marked.

I love the case - the design matches the dial and hands perfectly.
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