Longines Ultra-Thin Manual Wind | Champagne Dial | Gold Plated | Full Set with 1984 Certificate
Description
The kind of Longines that was made to slip under a shirt sleeve, and it is a hand-wound mechanical watch. An ultra-thin gold plated case, a champagne dial with nothing on it but slim black-filled batons and two hands, and the winged hourglass under the twelve.
It comes as a full set. The Longines presentation box, the outer card box, the leather document wallet and the Certificate of Origin, which is filled in and matches the watch: case number 20199927 on the card and on the caseback, reference written as 16G P450/311, and a sale recorded on 1 October 1984 under the stamp of Watches of Switzerland Ltd., 64 Friars Square, Aylesbury.
Paperwork that matches the case number is the strongest provenance a vintage Longines can carry, and this one has it.
Key Features
• Longines ultra-thin manual wind dress watch
• Champagne dial, two hands, black-filled gold batons
• Gold plated case, stainless steel back
• Full set: box, outer box, wallet and Certificate of Origin
• Certificate matches caseback number 20199927
• Sold 1 October 1984, Watches of Switzerland, Aylesbury
Specifications
• Brand: Longines
• Reference: 16G P450/311 (as written on the Certificate of Origin)
• Case Number: 20199927 (caseback and certificate)
• Case: Round, ultra-thin, gold plated, stainless steel back
• Dial: Champagne, black-filled gold batons, signed 832 SWISS 1207
• Movement: Swiss manual wind mechanical, two hands
• Strap: Black croc-embossed leather, gold-tone buckle
• Box and Papers: Longines box, outer box, wallet, Certificate of Origin, sold 01.10.1984
• Case Dimensions: 33mm
• Lug to Lug:
Condition Report
• Dial: Champagne surface even, a few tiny specks near the outer edge visible only at macro.
• Case: Gold plate good overall, light wear at the crown side and lug edges.
• Crystal: Good.
• Movement: Serviced and running properly.
• Strap: Black leather in good order.
• Box and Papers: Complete set, certificate filled in and dealer stamped.
Historical Significance
Even as battery watches arrived, Longines kept building slim hand-wound movements for its dress watches through the late 1970s and 1980s, and a thin mechanical two-hander like this one was the traditional choice of the period, the line that led to its later Grande Classique. Watches of Switzerland was then, as now, one of the largest authorised retailers in Britain, and a certificate stamped at its Aylesbury branch fixes this piece to its first owner's purchase.
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