I present to you a Longines solid and heavy sterling silver big block case with solid 14 kt gold accents. It contains a Hughes time and date with a twist, at least to me
I purchased it as a non-working watch with what appeared to be no module in place. Untested of course. Well of course untested as a battery hatch was missing and there appeared to be no module. The case was tarnished black with half the Longines logo rubbed out and a plethora of fine scratches forming an opaque lens. Another reason I believed from the auction pictures that there was no module. I bought it expecting no module and for the case only.
Imagine my surprise when it arrived as described but with the original time/date Hughs module in place, I did mention that I thought there was no module . Missing the battery hatch and badly beaten up I did what I usually don't do, went to work on it immediately without taking the prescribed before pictures.
Now to the module, once removed I noticed it was very clean. I had a Wittnauer Polaris case which was to serve as a donor for the battery hatch and module. The Polaris had a basic time/date with no twist to it. So back to the Longines, the hatch fit, in fact it was identical to the original remaining Longines. The module once cleaned and preserved was bright and as I proceeded to set it presented the following options:
That leap year prompt was a surprise. None of my Hamiltons or Breitling Hughes did that. Next was the ability to show continuous seconds. Select time as usual, hold the button to display seconds, while holding the button press and release both buttons. Seconds now display continuously, also new to me.
In a nutshell a month/date/day with hour/minute/seconds/continuous seconds and leap year.
The case was cleaned then soaked in a mild silver cleaner. The crystal removed, the top polished (removing Longines name) then flipped to expose the pristine underside which was also beveled like the top. Solid gold accents polished and a matching bracelet (generic) added. This is a big watch and gets noticed.
So some pictures of the watch:
The leap year prompt:
AM/PM prompt:
Date:
Day:
Geoff
I purchased it as a non-working watch with what appeared to be no module in place. Untested of course. Well of course untested as a battery hatch was missing and there appeared to be no module. The case was tarnished black with half the Longines logo rubbed out and a plethora of fine scratches forming an opaque lens. Another reason I believed from the auction pictures that there was no module. I bought it expecting no module and for the case only.
Imagine my surprise when it arrived as described but with the original time/date Hughs module in place, I did mention that I thought there was no module . Missing the battery hatch and badly beaten up I did what I usually don't do, went to work on it immediately without taking the prescribed before pictures.
Now to the module, once removed I noticed it was very clean. I had a Wittnauer Polaris case which was to serve as a donor for the battery hatch and module. The Polaris had a basic time/date with no twist to it. So back to the Longines, the hatch fit, in fact it was identical to the original remaining Longines. The module once cleaned and preserved was bright and as I proceeded to set it presented the following options:
- 0Y (Yes a leap year module)
MONTH
DATE
DAY
AM/PM
HOUR
MINUTE
SECOND
That leap year prompt was a surprise. None of my Hamiltons or Breitling Hughes did that. Next was the ability to show continuous seconds. Select time as usual, hold the button to display seconds, while holding the button press and release both buttons. Seconds now display continuously, also new to me.
In a nutshell a month/date/day with hour/minute/seconds/continuous seconds and leap year.
The case was cleaned then soaked in a mild silver cleaner. The crystal removed, the top polished (removing Longines name) then flipped to expose the pristine underside which was also beveled like the top. Solid gold accents polished and a matching bracelet (generic) added. This is a big watch and gets noticed.
So some pictures of the watch:
The leap year prompt:
AM/PM prompt:
Date:
Day:
Geoff