1959 Longines Conquest ref. 9000-13 cal. 19AS / a ref. 9000 from the very last year of production, with rose-gold arrowhead markers, thick stainless steel waterproof case manufactured by JSG S.A. (La-Chaux-de-Fonds - Poincon de Maitre 129) and on a Longines JB Champion ‘Nautilus’ bracelet.
Beautiful.
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Русская императорская армия
Reign of Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov
Heinrich Kahn Генрихъ Канъ officially supplied to Imperial Russian Army.
поставщики частей (supplier of military units)
императорской ГВАРДИ (of imperial guard)
генрих КАНЪ (Henry KAN)
С.П.Б (Sankt-Peter-Burg)
It's a very rare Longines, most supplied to army were not Longines. Confirmed invoiced to Russia during the Russian Revolution. Complete with matching serial number Longines manufactured case.
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Below information from Russian Watch Collector on another known watch. About 7 Longines Kahn wrist watches have shown up. 90% of all Kahn are pocket watches. Of the wrist watches only a very few are Longines. Russian watch collectors consider the Longines Kahn a grail watch.
Генрихъ КАНЪ С.П.Б. (Генрих Канн) — German242 база знаний по коллеционированию старинных часов