Vintage Longines 44mm Chronograph Wristwatch Valjoux 72 Dial Band
Item History & Price
Up for auction is one of my favorite watches from my personal collection starting at just $9.99. Here we have a massive 44mm late 60s era Longines three register chronograph with a sparkling clean Valjoux 72 hand wound movement. I bought this watch off of the original owners wrist about 7 years ago. At that time, it was still working after all the years. The watch had never been opened and was quite dirty after so many years of wearing. My watchmaker serviced it for the first time abou...t 4 years ago. It always serves me well and runs correctly. The watch comes with its rarely found original stainless steel bracelet that will fit a large wrist. The case has no major damage to mention. It appears to have been polished once or twice over its long life but all edges are still sharp. I removed a few marks over the years and apply hand polish to get it to look as you see in the photos. One very cool thing to mention is that I had the mineral crystal hand polished by a lapidary to like new condition. It was very scratched and impossible to find a replacement. The problem was getting the crystal out of the watch. Luckily I have a contact with a CNC machine. He measured the 15 sided top bezel and created the part to easily remove the ring. (I will include this part with the auction. I have shown the part we made and a picture of the bezel and crystal out of the watch. One dial pic is without the crystal so you can see the dial condition. Yes, the dial is the non touched original and is in near to perfect condition. Usually the white registers are blackened. These however look like new. This is just a great watch that I hate the thought of selling but it’s time to let it go to you the highest bidder. Thanks so much for looking. International bidders please note that this watch will only be shipped by the eBay global shipping program.