Vintage
Longines Rectangular Art Deco wristwatch (1937) 3804
Serviced and revised by Longines Heritage workshop
Collector's Corner
Information & Conditions
Type of watch
Elegant Art Deco stainless steel gent’s watch with form movement calibre 25.173
Serial No
5’511’890
Condition
Overall excellent, attractive condition, original dial.
Serviced and revised by Longines Heritage workshop.Date of production
1937
Date of sale
24 February 1938 to the company Wirth, Switzerland.
Documents
Certificate of authenticity by Longines
Case
Dimension
19.00 x 29.00 mm
Case message
Stainless steel rectangular case.
Material
Stainless steel
Dial & Hands
Dial
Black brass dial with Arabic numerals, minutes track and white Longines signature, small seconds at 6 o’clock.
Hands
Leaf hands.
Dial color
Black
Movement & Functions
Movement Type
Mechanical
Caliber
25.173
Functions
Hours, minutes and seconds.
Movement
Longines mechanical form movement, caliber 25.173, manually wound. This 26.00 x 17.80 mm caliber features 17 jewels and the balance/balance-spring combination beats at a frequency of 18’000 vibrations per hour.
Strap
Material
Leather strap
Bracelet/Strap
16mm width
What makes this timepiece exceptional
Longines started making rectangular watches at the beginning of the 1910s. Cases in this shape are inextricably linked with the brand name. They were especially fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s, when they filled whole pages in catalogues. The current Longines DolceVita collection is rooted in this heritage, illustrated here by this original timepiece with its external railway minute circle and small seconds.
This quintessence of elegant watchmaking is an exceptional condition given its production date of 1937. The rectangular shape of the case is echoed by the beautiful, rectangular movement. Today, form movements are the exception rather than the rule. Under the dial of rectangular watches you will find today most often round mechanical movements or battery-driven quartz movements. Not so in this model: It is powered by a true mechanical form movement, manufactured by Longines.
About restoration
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