Longines Calatrava style with Cal Longines 19.4 in SS from the 1950’s

Longines Calatrava style with Cal Longines 19.4 in SS from the 1950’s

Beautiful light-grey round dial with gold baton for hours. The watch has a sub dial for the seconds at 6 o’clock. The hands are in gold with baton shape. The watch has a Longines crown. It is a stainless steels back case with engraved outside 15 361362 and inside Longines Acier Inox Fab. Suisse Swiss Made. The watch comes with a Longines manual winding movement with caliber 19.4 and 17 jewels. The serial number of the watch is 13021237 and date the watch to 1966. The watch has a brown leather strap. Width between lugs is 18mm. .

History

Longines was born August 14, 1832 by a young man called Auguste Agassiz who became partner at “Comptoir Raiguel Jeune”, watch dealership in the Jura. After putting watches together mostly by watchmakers living in small farms, the comptoir sell them. The Co. becomes very prosperous. In 1847, the company changes the name for “Comptoir Agassiz & Co.” En 1866, the Co. buys a land called “Les Longines” to build production plant. One year later, the first watches “E. Francillon, Longines, Suisse” are introduced to the universal exhibition in Paris. In 1880, the company registered its patent as “Longines” and the famous trademark “the winged hourglass”. Then came the famous calibers, the 13.33Z, the 13ZN or the 30CH in 1947. The most memorable moment was the association with Charles A. Lindbergh who had flown his Spirit of Saint Louis across the Atlantic on May 27, 1927. Hour angle watch that made navigation easier for many a pilot on trans-oceanic flights was available from 1932. Longines was also the pioneer of electronic timekeeping.

Technical details

Manual wind movement with caliber 19.4 with 17 jewels and 19,800 A/h.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35mm


Length including lugs: 41mm