Longines Silver Deck Watch for the British Military

Description:

Longines Silver Deck Watch for the British Military, Switzerland, no. 2975819, silver-tone dial with arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds and 36 hour up/down indicator, blued-steel hands, 17-jewel, stem-wind, stem-set movement adjusted to five positions, in a .800 silver case, dia. 68 mm, 219g, with inner and outer wooden boxes.
Estimate $700-900

Watch is currently running. Inner box has a plate marked "Ministry of Defence, Hydrographic Dept., Watch Deck, Stores Ref. H.S. 527-3637" and the back of the box has a crack.


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