Step-Case ‘Tasti Tondi’ Longines 13ZN

Round pushers on a 13ZN and you’re definitively in the cognoscenti, no matter where you’re turning up. Raj Chaudhuri wrote an exceptional article for ACM last year titled ‘Is the Longines 13ZN still collectible?’. The answer, if community enthusiasm is anything to go by, is yes. It certainly deserves to be. But we’re very much…

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5699 Longines 13ZN ‘Sommatore’

5699-Longines-13ZN-Sommatore

Auro Montanari once stated in a Phillips interview some years ago that he mainly collects five houses: Omega, Longines, Cartier, Patek Philippe and Rolex. I am certain there are exceptions, for example I’ve seen his Universals in other media, but when pressed those five came to mind. If one needed endorsement as a collector to consider vintage…

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Longines 13ZN Sector Dial

Longines-13ZN-Sector-Dial

The 13ZN is one of collectors’ favorite calibers from Longines or anyone full stop. The 13ZN movement, circa 1936, was truly innovative and beautiful. It featured a fully ‘in house’ (before it was cool) architecture, one of the first ever flyback chronographs in a wristwatch (argued, intentionally left vague), 17 jewels, a 18000 VPH beat, and Breguet…

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5699 Longines Sommatore

5699-Longines-Sommatore

Auro Montanari once stated in a Phillips interview some years ago that he mainly collects five houses: Omega, Longines, Cartier, Patek Philippe and Rolex. I am certain there are exceptions, for example I’ve seen his Universals in other media, but when pressed those five came to mind. If one needed endorsement as a collector to…

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An Alluring Longines 3756 13ZN

Longines 13ZN 3756

The 13ZN is one of collectors’ favorite calibers from Longines and rightly so. The Longines 3756 13ZN movement, circa 1936, was truly innovative and beautiful. It featured an ‘in house’ (before it was cool) movement, one of the first ever chronograph complications in a wristwatch (argued, intentionally left vague), 17 jewels, a 18000 VPH beat, a flyback,…

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