This slim Longines Tank is a manual wind gent’s watch, before this style became almost exclusively quartz.  Model reference 5045-2.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

From the serial number on the movement we can date this watch to being made circa 1975.  Longines stopped using sequential numbers for a while in the 1970’s, and this watch falls into that period.

CONDITION

This style of watch became extremely popular a few years later, as Quartz movements allowed manufacturers to make slim watches easily.  Certainly far easier and cheaper than squeezing a manual wind movement into the slim tank style case.  The movement used is a seventeen jewel Longines calibre L817.4, which is running nicely.  It is manually wound via the signed crown.  The leather strap is new and by Geckota, and a new genuine Longines gold plated buckle has also been added.  The case is 20 micron gold plated, which is a good thickness, and it has stood up well over the past 5 decades.  The gold dial is very clean for the year.

This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.

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​SIZE

Width with crown  26.5 mm

Width without crown  24.1 mm

Between lugs  18 mm

Lug to lug length  35.5 mm

Case Thickness  7.3 mm

All sizes are approximate.  The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.

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.

From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon.  By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.

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