Longines Military watch from 1946 with movement 12.68Z in stainless steel

Longines Military watch from 1946 with movement 12.68Z in stainless steel

Beautiful light-yellow patina round dial with Arabic numerals for hours and bars for minute. The watch has a sub dial for the seconds. The hands have a baton shape. It is a stainless steel screwed back case with engraved outside 23439 – 295 and inside Longines Acier Inox. On one of the lugs is also engraved 295. It is a military watch. The watch comes with a Longines manual winding movement with caliber 12.68Z and 17 jewels. The serial number of the watch is 7267245 and date the watch to 1946. The watch has a brown leather strap. Width between lugs is 16mm.

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 12.68Z with 17 jewels, 18,000 bph and 41 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 33mm


Length including lugs: 42mm