An unrepeatable New Old Stock men’s vintage Longines Ultra-Chron, complete with box, hang tag and even the price tag is still in place.  Model 8019.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

The good people at Longines have confirmed the following after seeing detailed pictures of the watch.  “It was invoiced in 1969 to the company Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co., which was at that time our agent for the U.S.A.”  This ties in with the price tag being in $.

CONDITION

This example has to be the best in the World for sale now.  This is not a glib claim, but it is so hard to fault.  There are only the finest of scratches anywhere on either the case or acrylic crystal.  The original very dark blue strap is barely creased.  This is a watch that could go straight into the Longines museum.

Any NOS watches are hard to find, but the Ultra-Chron was a high spec model for Longines, and this one has a very attractive blue dial combined with a stainless steel case.  Inside is the Calibre 431, an in house Longines high beat movement, running at 36,600 bph or ten beats per second.  This allows the seconds hand to glide smoothly around the dial (it still doesn’t technically glide, but it stutters at ten times a second so it appears to be continously smooth.)  Seiko, Girard-Perregaux and Zenith were all using high beat movements at this time in history, and the Ultra-Chron was Longines joining the party.  You can read more about the model here.  We have found a couple of period adverts where Longines declared the Ultra-Chron the most accurate watch in the World.

This watch will be supplied with the original Ultra-Chron presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.

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​SIZE

Width with crown  37.0 mm

Width without crown  36.0 mm

Between lugs  18 mm

Lug to lug length  35.9 mm

Case Thickness  9.7 mm

All sizes are approximate.

Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

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