Hi,
I would like to share my latest aquisition. As I was fishing for some rare vintage diving watches this summer and didn't succeed I came across this rare specimen: a Longines Nautilus.
The Longines Nautilus was produced between 1957 and 1959 and then replaced by the well known Super compressor two crown Longines diver.
When I saw this one, full original, 40mm without crown, incredible patina, I took a deep breath and decided to dive!
When I talk about incredible patina, here is what I mean:
On the case back, there is this nice diver
So lets open the case back
The movement is the Calibre AS19 Automatic Longines and as you can see it is very nice. From the movement number this one would be from 1959.
Here is an old catalogue featuring the Nautilus that came either with a bracelet or with a tropic strap:
Here it is on a Tropic:
Here it is fitted with a leather strap to match the indexes
And here it is next to another 3/6/9/12 dial from the same period, the Omega Seamaster 300
And here next to her 1959 sister a Rolex Submariner 6538
It is difficult to capture the beauty of the kind of tropical dial so I tried with the help of the sun
Here is a wristshhot to show the wrist presence
And finally sharing the flavor of the seasonal colors in Paris as the leaves start to Fall...
Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed.
Matt