Longines in 14K yellow gold with dome crystal and caliber 9L from 1949

Square Longines in 14K yellow gold with dome crystal and caliber 9L from 1949

Beautiful light grey square dial with gold batons for hours and Arabic numerals (3, 9, 12). The watch has a sub dial at 6 o’clock for the seconds. The hands are in gold. The watch has a crystal dome and beautiful lugs. The case is in gold. The watch comes with a Longines manual winding movement with caliber 9L and 17 jewels. The serial number of the watch is 7,677,014. The watch has a brown leather strap. Width between lugs is 16mm. The watch comes with the Extract from the Archives.

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 9L also called 25.17 with 17 jewels, 18,000 bph.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 23.5mm


Length including lugs: 38mm