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By LittleWatchShop · Posted
I, too, am a fan of L&R, so I will continue to use it. About half the cost here in USA as your locale. Even so, it is expensive, but so is everything else in this horological world. I don't take expensive vacations, so horology is where I splurge! -
Did Longines contract ébauches to jewelers? Twas quite common to see branded movements sent out this way. Either way don’t assume nefariousness. Worst case you probably have an ‘unbranded’ watch with a Longines movement. -
The movement is a genuine Longines calibre 25.17, and is the version with the flat hairspring (no Breguet overcoil). I’ll be very interested to see what Longines says about the case. It looks like a generic jobbers case and I think the movement was married with the case and dial after it left Longines. Best Regards, Mark -
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The movement looks like a lepine movement in the Locle style, with a tangential lever escapement, with decorative engraving. Without engraving, the movement would have looked something like this : The blue arrow points to the click, which appears to be missing from your movement. Without a click, it will be impossible for the mainspring to retain any power when wound. The “Echappment A Ancre” means the watch has a lever escapement. There is some damage and missing parts on the dial side. The blue arrow below indicates where the cannon pinion, centre wheel arbour and the pin that runs through them has snapped off. The green arrows indicate where the Maltese cross style stop works should be. Best Regards, Mark
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