Vintage 1940s Longines Manual Wind Watch Movement Dial Hands Sub Seconds Project

About this item

An uncased Longines manual-wind wristwatch movement, complete with its original signed dial and gold-tone hands, held in a steel movement spacer ring. The movement bridge is signed "LONGINES" and numbered 6861288, which by Longines serial dating places it around 1944. The dial is a classic 1940s Longines design: champagne-silver with printed Arabic numerals 12, 2, 4, 8 and 10, small gold dot hour markers, a dot minute track and a recessed sub-seconds dial at 6 o'clock. An ideal base for a restoration or custom case project.

Brand heritage

Longines was founded in 1832 in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, and its winged hourglass logo, registered in 1889, is among the oldest registered trademarks still in use. In the 1930s and 1940s Longines built its own in-house manual-wind calibres, used in its dress watches and in military watches of the era.

Why this one is special

• Genuine Longines movement, signed and serial-numbered on the bridge
• Original signed Longines dial with sub-seconds, 1940s Arabic numeral layout
• Gold-tone dauphine hands and seconds hand included
• Jewelled movement with Fast/Slow regulator, a good base for a case project

Specifications

• Brand: Longines (signed on movement and dial)
• Movement: manual wind, small seconds; bridge stamped LONGINES 6861288
• Era: circa 1944 (serial dating)
• Dial: champagne-silver, printed Arabic numerals 12/2/4/8/10, gold dot markers, sub-seconds at 6
• Hands: gold-tone dauphine hour and minute hands, gold-tone seconds hand
• Mounted in a steel movement spacer ring

Condition

Pre-owned vintage part. Supplied without case, crown, stem, crystal or strap. The dial shows age spotting and foxing, with darker wear towards the edge; the spacer ring shows light marks and tarnish. Not tested by us, sold as shown. Please check all photos carefully as they are part of the description.

What's included

The movement with dial, hands and spacer ring, as pictured. Nothing else.

Shipping & Returns

$25 DHL Express shipping worldwide from Cairo, Egypt.
30-day returns, buyer pays return shipping.