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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by matt.wu » Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:37 pm

You could make a good collection from Longines Heritage reissues.

I like these, but there's also the Big Eye Chrono, LLD, sector dial... all of which are remakes of older classic designs.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by CGSshorty » Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:13 pm

Drilled lugs!

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by logan2z » Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:14 pm

matt.wu wrote:
Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:37 pm
You could make a good collection from Longines Heritage reissues.

I like these, but there's also the Big Eye Chrono, LLD, sector dial... all of which are remakes of older classic designs.

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Yup, the Heritage Diver was another cool reissue...

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by matt.wu » Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:04 pm

^ I don’t like that one.... :shifty:
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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by JP Chestnut » Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:57 pm

I hate that sub dial seconds one above. The odd numbered hour plots make it look like a chicks watch, and the subdial couldn’t be closer to the center if you tried.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by pbj204 » Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:05 am

Ryeguy wrote:
Thu Nov 14, 2019 1:01 pm


Everything I've read says that movement is 36.6mm wide (https://wornandwound.com/caliber-spec-unitas-64976498/)

40.5 - 36.6 = 3.9mm Divide that by 2 and you have a mid case wall thickness of only 1.95mm thick (and that is assuming perfect machining with no gap for tolerance variances).

A quick google search shows Tourby claiming a 40.5mm 6498 watch, but I'd guess it is either (a) closer to 41 than 40 in diameter or (b) a very delicate watch.
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It's a nice case. Not too delicate.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by JP Chestnut » Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:17 am

^^^ that’s a few numbers on the dial away from perfection.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by JBZ » Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:24 am

The big eye chrono is my favorite of the group. Terrific looking watch, and not too big at 41mm.

They also did a monopusher chrono a few years ago that I thought was pretty cool. I don't see it on their website now, but you can still find it from various grey dealers.
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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by unsub073 » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:18 am

Ryeguy wrote:
Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:49 am
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Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:42 am
That is sharp looking. It would probably wear much better at 40mm.
Can you even get a Unitas 6498 into a 40mm case? I think the movement itself is almost 37mm across, so a 40mm watch with this movement would have case walls only 1.5mm thick.

An ETA 2824-2 is only about 26 mm wide which is why most of those aviator still watches in 40mm use this movement.

To get hand wind and 40mm, I think Longines would've had to use an ETA 2801-2. I'm pretty sure this is the movement Hamilton puts in their 38mm hand wind field watches.
I wasn't thinking about the logistics of fitting the movement in a smaller case. I was just thinking a smaller case would be better.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by Ryeguy » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:54 am

unsub073 wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:18 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:49 am
unsub073 wrote:
Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:42 am
That is sharp looking. It would probably wear much better at 40mm.
Can you even get a Unitas 6498 into a 40mm case? I think the movement itself is almost 37mm across, so a 40mm watch with this movement would have case walls only 1.5mm thick.

An ETA 2824-2 is only about 26 mm wide which is why most of those aviator still watches in 40mm use this movement.

To get hand wind and 40mm, I think Longines would've had to use an ETA 2801-2. I'm pretty sure this is the movement Hamilton puts in their 38mm hand wind field watches.
I wasn't thinking about the logistics of fitting the movement in a smaller case. I was just thinking a smaller case would be better.
I understand. The point I was making was there is "big" for the sake of being big (i.e. style choice), and there is "big" due to necessity. If you want that Unitas movement, you are going to have a larger size case. (FWIW, my pet peeve is seeing a big watch with a date or sub seconds mushed toward the center of the dial. This is due to using a small movement in a big case and I think it looks awful.)

Personally, I think nicely decorated 6498's look great (especially with a swan's neck regulator). I'm willing to accept the case size as a byproduct of the decision to use that movement.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by Ryeguy » Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:02 am

pbj204 wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:05 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Thu Nov 14, 2019 1:01 pm


Everything I've read says that movement is 36.6mm wide (https://wornandwound.com/caliber-spec-unitas-64976498/)

40.5 - 36.6 = 3.9mm Divide that by 2 and you have a mid case wall thickness of only 1.95mm thick (and that is assuming perfect machining with no gap for tolerance variances).

A quick google search shows Tourby claiming a 40.5mm 6498 watch, but I'd guess it is either (a) closer to 41 than 40 in diameter or (b) a very delicate watch.
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It's a nice case. Not too delicate.
At the risk of getting pedantic, the Tourby Enamel 40 is listed on the Tourby website as 40.5mm in diameter, but the Worn and Wound review of an owner lists it at 42mm in diameter. (https://wornandwound.com/review/the-tou ... urmudgeon/) Something is off somewhere.

Ultimately, it doesn't really matter. The watch looks great and I'd wear it at 40.5 or 42. I'd wear this Longines at 43 as well.

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Re: Longines Heritage Military 1938

Post by jlswatch » Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:38 am

Longines is on fire. I really like the sector dial as well. They are very consistent in putting out great stuff for reasonable prices.

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