The Watch
Compagnie des Montres Longines Francillon S.A., or simply Longines is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832. Longines winged hourglass logo, which was registered in 1889, is the oldest unchanged yet still active registered trademark.
Over the decades, Longines committed to many different genres of watches. From dress watches to chronographs and from pilot’s watches to divers. Today, its 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s dress watches are a a great entry point into vintage watch collecting. All the heritage and quality you could desire, but still relatively attainable. Once you get sucked into the brand though, there are all sorts of exotic and rare collectibles to be found.
Specific Information
Object nr: 445
Brand: Longines
Model: ”Tuxedo” military style
Reference: 23097 (149)
Year: 1946
Movement: Cal. 12.68, movement nr. 6985111
Material: Stainless steel case with correct stamps on both caseback and lug (149)
Original crown: The crown is unsigned but original to this watch.
Dimensions: 33mm ex. crown and 42mm lug tip to lug tip
Strap/Bracelet: Beautiful ”brick” bracelet in Stainless steel. Two ”brick” is broken (see photo) but do not effect the function.
Lug Width: 18mm
Box/Papers: No
Serviced: Yes! We leaves a 6 months of warranty from date of purchase.
The Condition
This is a very attractive and rare vintage Longines watch. It has a stunning and rare Tuxedo military style factory original dial. The new heritage Longines watch is based of this model. Very seldom will you come across a Longines dial of this era looking this great.
Professionally serviced Longines caliber 12.68 manual wind movement. The serviced movement is in excellent condition.
The solid stainless steel case is very well preserved in original condition.
The luminous on the indexes is probably original but the lume in the hands have been replaced at some time in history of the watch, of course no longer glow. The dial is factory original and in good condition due to its age with a beautiful ”tropical” brown-ish patina in centre and beautiful black outer circle.
The pictures is a part of the description, study therefore the pictures carefully!