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Mark020
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Bit out of my league so hope someone can help. Somebody offered me this Longines. Movement is a 15.26 with 5.6m serial. Diameter 37mm. Caseback is not marked Longines but that may be correct as far as I can see. Serial in caseback is same as on movement. According to the seller watch was serviced at the factory about a decade ago. Something was done with the hands. Dial was not touched. However: IMHO the logo seems correct but I assume the dial is at least relumed. Curious about your opinions.

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gilb12
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Im 99.5 % sure that this is a redial. Logo isn't correct. Look at this

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The S of your example is very strange... Do you have a Macro of the logo?

Indexes are very 'strange' 馃

Seems they have put a layer of luminova in a no lume Dial 馃馃馃
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redpcar
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If the dial has been lumed and no lume on the hands is always a red flag.
 
Mark020
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Agreed but the hands were replaced by Longines during the service
 
gilb12
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馃馃馃 I think the hands (minutes and Hours) are correct 馃馃
 
Mark020
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These hands were sent to the seller by L after he complained about the replacement of the original hands.
gilb12 gilb12
The S of your example is very strange... Do you have a Macro of the logo?
Nope
 
gilb12
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Strange 馃馃馃 those hands are pretty common in this Longines of 30s first 40s...
 
Mark020
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It came back from the service with these hands (replacing the original hands, which are now lost)

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gilb12
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They converted a no lume dial (no lumed hands) in a lumed dial ... 馃馃馃


I would pass...
 
Davidt
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I don鈥檛 know the first thing about vintage Longines but my gut reaction to seeing that dial is that it鈥檚 been refinished.
 
DirtyDozen12
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Like @gilb12, I suspect that this dial has been refinished. The signature is atypical, especially the "S". The execution of the sub-dial also looks relatively poor.
 
J_pilot
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Agree that it is refinished, unfortunately. I also suspect that the old hands were original, and may originally have been painted white to match the originally non-luminous dial text (which I鈥檝e seen on several original examples of this style and era of Longines).

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DirtyDozen12 DirtyDozen12
Like @gilb12, I suspect that this dial has been refinished. The signature is atypical, especially the "S". The execution of the sub-dial also looks relatively poor.
I tend to agree with this too
 
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