WW1 MILITARY TRENCH ANTIQUE VINTAGE DECO LONGINES RARE

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RARE ANTIQUE VINTAGE LONGINES WW1 OFFICERS TRENCH WATCH WITH SHRAPNEL GUARD No Reserve - No Minimum Bid - Free Shipping Offering an absolutely BEAUTIFUL and GENUINE 1st period LONGINES ANTIQUE SILVER VINTAGE DECO TRENCH OFFICERS WATCH WW1- that runs beautifully and keeps good time..... in a BEAUTIFUL STERLING SILVER CASE., This magnificent timepiece exudes WEALTH, SUCCESS, DIGNITY, FINE TASTE AND CLASS! Almost unique genuine LONGINES keyless movement. This would be one of the earliest incarnations of the LONGINES name. . The watch winds in a conventional manner. MOVEMENT: ABSOLUTELY SUPURB!!!!!! This jeweled manual wind Swiss movement is in good running order. Extremely High grade LONGINES movement.! History : The Longines story starts back in 1832 when Auguste Agassiz arrived in Saint-Imier and entered the "Comptoir horloger Raiguel Jeune". One year later, he founded the "Comptoir Raiguel Jeune & Cie" together with Florian Morel and Henri Raiguel. One of Auguste's sisters married Charles-Marc Francillon, a shopkeeper from Lausanne and in 1834 they had a son, Ernest Francillon. In 1866, Auguste's nephew, Ernest Francillon, bought two plots of land on the right bank of the river Suze at the place called "Les Longines" and brought all of the watchmaking skills under one roof - this was the first "Longines factory". â e ̈With the inauguration of the new factory in 1867, the production of the first Longines movement, the L20A, commenced. At that time, watches used to be wound by means of a key. The Longines watch however broke with these traditional watchmaking methods having a "lever" movement which was wound and the time set by means of the crown. It was Ernest Francillon himself who went to Paris to present this watch at the 1867 Universal Exhibition. He returned to Saint-Imier with a bronze medal. On the 19th of July 1880 at 11:00 am Ernest Francillon registered at the Federal Office of Intellectual Property under patent number 118 and 119 the brand Longines and its original logo, featuring the winged hourglass. The Longines trademark was first registered, under patent number 2684, at 4:00 pm on 27th of May 1889 and under patent number 14 on the 27th of March 1893 at the International Office of Intellectual Property (today the WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organizaton). International exhibitions In 1885, Longines won its first "Grand Prix" at an international exhibition in Antwerp. Further success followed in Brussels (1897), Paris (1889, 1900 and 1925), Milan (1906), Genoa (1914), Berne (1914), Philadelphia (1926) and Barcelona (1929). Longines' record of ten "Grand Prix" and 28 "Medailles d'Or" has never been equaled by any other watch manufacturer. DIAL: The WHITE dial is MINT! Signed LONGINES under the 12 . HANDS: VERY RARE Antique skeleton style CASE SIZE: approx. 36mm in diameter including shrapnel guard but NOT including crown or lugs We believe that today, a new LONGINES TRENCH WATCH like this would probably cost at least $6,950! As a vintage LONGINES TRENCH WATCH, the photos show the exact condition of this watch, so it is being offered as is and a return won't be accepted unless t is a material error in the claims or descriptions presented in this listing! We accept paypal, wire, money orders or cashiers checks for this listing but will not ship to Italy, Malasia, Africa or Indonesia. Your watch will be sent by insured registered mail at NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU! We accept pay-pal, money orders and cashiers checks. We reserve the right to decline or cancel any bids from buyers with low or negative feedback.........so please contact us BEFORE bidding if you fall into either category. Payment must be received within 5 days or negative feedback is left for non-payment.You MUST complete the payment process within 3 days of the auction's close. Remember FREE SHIPPING on this auction! read more

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