Reply With QuoteFabulous, just fabulous.
Here's my Longines, in perfect shape, in a later WW2 carrying case. These watch boxes looked similar to the Hamilton model 22 wach boxes, but a difference can be seen if compared side to side (If you have both, which I have).
They would have been used on a smaller U.S. Naval vessel such as a Torpedo Boat or a Patrol Boat, with only limited patrol time, where the use of a marine chronometer would have been a waste.
The N and O monogram on the back of the case stands for U.S Naval Observatory which created the specifications for these in 1904 and with various updates they were made and used up through the second world war era.
The Longines museum supplied the following scrap of information:
...please find here below the information I found in our old hand-written registers :
The serial number 2'978'036 identifies a deckwatch in silver.
It is fitted with a Longines manufacture caliber 21.29 that was first produced in 1910.
It was invoiced to Longines-Wittnauer Watch C°, who were for many years our agent for the USA, on the 29.07.1919.
Hoping this information is convenient to you, I remain at your entire disposal for any additional information you may require.
Best regards,
Jennifer Bochud
Museum Curator"
Fabulous, just fabulous.
That looks absolutely stunning!
Thanks for posting
Congrats was that the one that was for sell at the MWR PX dam that was fast shipping dam when I get stuff coming from your way it gets stuck in USPS slowness 2 days to get to the US then 2 weeks to get to Me.
A great piece of history you have there. Congratulations...
Just notice the one for sale at the PX had serial number 4460 plus yours has a better dial sure thought you got that one at the PX I guess I was wrong.
Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!
You've got to be joking, the one on PX was a ruin compared to mine!Originally Posted by River Rat
...oooops, just noticed, you corrected yourself ;-)
PS...I'm going through the same dilemma at the moment, sent a couple of watches off to the States, took 2 days to get across the pond and now lost in the Customs jungle... I suppose!
Last edited by Geronimo; 18th April 2015 at 19:22.
Congratulations on watch,
I love those WW2 deck watches, I was after one from a British ship that was in a battle off Gibraltar but was hopelessly outbid, think it went to the US in the end........
Thanks for all the positive remarks, goes down well ;-)
here, so you can compare the size of the watch and box up next to my Hamilton model 22, which the Americans call 36 size...
an here for the interested, the movemnts:
Longines
Hamilton
Amazing condition. Very very nice.
Love that cam regulator on the Hamilton
Crazy watches,I hawe two Hamiltons 950 and 992 Elinvar but in my dreams is military Hamilton.Few military watches are better for me than lot of other watches all of kind.
Longines is wonderful,much better because all watches are in original boxes.
Last edited by fotopetar; 26th April 2015 at 11:44.
Yet another type of watch I was ignorant of. I can see these military watches becoming a bit of an obsession. Thanks to the op for sharing.
Bloody lovely, amazing provenance and character, thanks for the great photos.
Love the blued hands on that.
Beautiful.
Excellent thread!
My thanks to the OP for the quality pics and info/
R
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