Longines 5681

Longines. A very rare and unusual stainless steel single button flyback chronograph wristwatch with black lacquer dial and central minute register Signed Longines, Brevet, Ref. 5681, movement no. 6'984'287, case order no. 23074-105, manufactured in 1946 MOVEMENT: manual, cal. 12.68Z stop second, 17 jewels DIAL: black lacquer, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous hands, outer ring calibrated for 60 minutes register with central red hand, engine-turned subsidiary seconds CASE: stainless steel, stepped bezel, snap on back, fly-back chronograph mechanism operated through a round button in the band, 37.5 mm. diam SIGNED: case, dial and movement ACCOMPANIED BY: Longines Extract from the Archives confirming the sale of the present watch on 7 December 1946 to the Company Weil, the manufacture agent for Chile at the time. , On lots marked with an + in the catalogue, VAT will be charged at 8% on both the premium as well as the hammer price.