1940 Longines Single Button Chronograph Pocket Watch

Why This Watch Matters With its minute totalizer at 12 o'clock and running seconds at six, this Longines pocket chrono has a great up, down look and is in excellent condition. The Full Story Did you know Longines can track the serial numbers associated with 50 million different watches dating back to 1867? The company should be lauded for maintaining one of the largest archives in the entire Swiss watch industry, preserving its history for the future. If you are in the market for a vintage single button chronograph pocket watch, look no further. This one should be checking all of the boxes. From the enamel dial (which is free of cracks by the way) to the interesting up and down layout of the sub-registers, there is so much to dig into here. The overall look and feel of this watch is very similar to the chronometer, time-only pocket watch we sold a few weeks back with Breguet-style hands and classic Longines font for the hour numerals. An added little detail of this example is the "LXW"