Classic Longines chronographs have been, at the moment are, and certain will all the time be extraordinarily collectible and, frankly, precious. The model’s time-only items of the identical period have, alternatively, wavered a bit when it comes to collector consideration. Again round 2015, I made an Apple Notes app for watches I hoped to someday personal. On it have been issues like a Rolex GMT-Grasp 1675 (I’ve since fallen out of affection with the traditional “Pepsi”), a Patek ref. 96 Calatrava, a Paul Newman Daytona (a bit formidable, certain), and, you guessed it, a time-only Forties Longines. The precise one on my listing was a 35mm in diameter Tre-Tacche, the screw-down caseback, early “waterproof” instances, in all probability with a sector dial. However the level is, at the moment, the collector neighborhood was obsessive about Longines time-only watches. Currently, not a lot. I am certain there may be nonetheless a rabid group looking these down, however it’s simply not fairly the identical widespread fervor, that is all.
