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DAZZLING~60s LONGINES-WITTNAUER GENT'S AUTOMATIC~SERVICED

DAZZLING~60s LONGINES-WITTNAUER GENT'S AUTOMATIC~SERVICED

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FOR SALE IS A NEAR MINT LONGINES-WITTNAUER GENT'S DRESS WATCH WITH ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SUNBURST DIALS I'VE EVER RUN ACROSS.  THIS ONE FRESH FROM A FULL OVERHAUL. SIGNED 4X

 

CASE: MINTY SOLID STEEL CASE WITH ROBUST SCREW-BACK CASE MEASURING A NICE 33.7 NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 43.6mm LUG TO LUG. THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE BEAUTIFUL CASES PRODUCED BY THE LONGINES-WITTNAUER COMPANY IN MY OPINION.  JUST LOOK AT THOSE ELEGANT LONG SCULPTED LUGS WITH THOSE SHARP CHAMFERS.  THIS REMINDS ME OF THE 34mm ROLEX OYSTER CASES OF THE SAME ERA WITH THE BROAD LUGS, THIN BEZEL, WIDE DIAL, AND LONGER LUG TO LUG MEASUREMENT WHICH MAKES THIS WEAR MUCH LARGER THAN THE DIMENSIONS WOULD SUGGEST.  

 

DIAL: SUNBURST DIALS WERE VERY POPULAR IN THE 60s/70s, BUT THIS SILVER SUNBURST ITERATION TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.  THE TREATMENT ON THIS DIAL IS MORE OF A HEAVY TEXTURED FINISH VERSUS THE MORE SUPERFICIAL FINISH USUALLY SEEN.  THE EFFECT IS PRACTICALLY 3-D AND JUMPS RIGHT OUT AT YOU.  I LOVE THOSE ELEGANT APPLIED 12/3/6/9 APPLIED NUMERAL AND THOSE LONG ARROW MARKERS. SO FANTASTIC.  YOU GOTTA DIG THAT CLEAN DAUPHINE HANDSET WHICH REALLY MAKES THE WHOLE DIAL BURST INTO LIFE.  

 

MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 17 JEWEL SWISS MADE LONGINES/WITTNAUER 11SN1 AUTOMATIC WHICH HAS JUST RETURNED FROM A FULL OVERHAUL FROM MY WATCHMAKER.   

 

WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A VINTAGE LIGHLY USED GENUINE ALLIG-LIZARD STRAP WHICH LOOKS MEGA SUAVE ON THIS WITTY.  I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE STYLE AND PANACHE OF THIS DRESS WATCH.