FOR SALE IS A HANDSOME AND DRESSY MEN'S EARLY 60s LONGINES DRESS WATCH IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH ORIGINAL BRACELET. SIGNED 5X AND SERVICED
CASE: EXCELLENT CONDITION ALL-STEEL FRONT-LOADING CASE MEASURING 34.5mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL LONGINES CROWN BY 41.5mm LUG TO LUG. THIS IS A SUPER CLEAN CASE IN UNPOLISHED AND UNMOLESTED CONDITION WITH SOME HAIRLINES THROUGHOUT BUT MAINTAINING IT SHARP LINES AND CRISP LUGS.
DIAL: MINIMALISM AND SIMPLICITY DEFINED. THE DESIGN LANGUAGE AND PROPORTIONS ON THIS ONE ARE STRAIGHT 60s AT ITS BEST. I LOVE THOSE SHARP AND EDGY APPLIED STEEL ARROW MARKERS SET AGAINST THAT GORGEOUS SUNBURST SILVER FINISH. CHECK OUT THOSE BEAUTIFULLY INTACT LUME PLOTS WHICH MATCH THE CUSTARDY TONE ON THOSE GROOVY EMPIRE STATE BUILDING STYLE HANDS(A DISTINCTLY LONGINES DESIGN).
MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 17 JEWEL SWISS MADE IN-HOUSE LONGINES CAL.280 MANUAL WINDER WHICH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND RUNNING FLAWLESSLY. WATCH HAS BEEN RECENTLY FULLY OVERHAULED BY MY WATCHMAKER AND IS RUNNING BEAUTIFULLY.(PLEASE NOTE PIC IS FROM PRIOR TO SERVICE)
WATCH COMES MOUNTED ON A LUXURIOUS MADE IN THE USA GENUINE CROCODILE STRAP WHICH LOOKS SUPER SUAVE ON THIS GENT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE WATCH COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL JB CHAMPION LONGINES SIGNED BRACELET TO MAKE THIS THE ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S PIECE. LONGINES REALLY WAS ONE OF THE FINEST WATCHMAKERS OF THIS ERA RIVALING OMEGA AND ROLEX IN MY OPINION. WITH THEIR IN-HOUSE CALIBERS, GORGEOUS DESIGNS, AND SLEEK STYLING, THERE'S A REASON WHY THESE PIECES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SOUGHT AFTER.
