79 Longines Special and Gorgeous Military Wristwatch in Steel, Ref. 5707, Made for the British Military
Estimate: € 3.000 – 6.000
Sold (Premium) € 5.460
- Model Military
- Year 1945
- Reference 5707
- Case Material Stainless Steel
- Case Number 6972776
- Bracelet Material Strap
- Movement Manual, cal. 12 68Z
- Movement Number 6972776
- Dimension 38 mm
- Signed Case, dial, movement
- Accessories Extract from the Archives
The watch you’re looking at is a military Longines wristwatch reference 5707 and is best known among (military) watch collectors as being part of the so-called Dirty Dozen collection. From research, in roughly seven months’ time about 8000 watches left the Longines factory in Saint-Imier during 1944 and 1945 specifically for the British Military. The present lot has a stainless steel stepped case with 38 mm in diameter, making it very wearable to today’s standards and has been conserved in excellent condition, with no over-polishing or major scratches. The watch is fitted with a beautiful Longines manually wound mechanical movement (caliber 12.68Z). By the way, Longines was the only one out of the other manufacturers that fitted their 12.68Z movement with a shock protection. The black dial has radium coated Arabic numerals and indexes with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and skeleton radium-coated pear-shaped hands all in really good and charm conditions. With the Longines Extract from the Archives confirming case, movement, production and subsequent sale on 30 October 1945 to Goldsmith & Silversmiths, via the company Baume & Co, which was at that time our agent for the UK.