Longines ref 7515 – 18K RG – Cal 30L – 1966 

Beautiful Longines cream round dial with gold batons and Arabic numerals (3, 9, 12) for hours. (Discoloration at 3 o’clock). The watch comes with a second sub-dial at 6 o’clock. The hands are also in gold with Baton style. The back case is in 18K rose gold with engraved inside “Longines – Fab Suisse – Swiss Made – 18K - .750 – 3/10 – 7515 -51 1629”. The watch has a Longines movement with caliber 30L and 17 jewels. It is numbered 13265510 and dates the watch to 1966. The watch comes with burgundy alligator Camille Fournet strap.

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 sub second with caliber 30L, 17 jewels, 18,000 A/h and 43 hours of power reserve. The movement has the numbers 13265510. 

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 34mm


Length including lugs: 40mm