Property from the Family of the Original Owner
Longines | Reference 5681, A stainless steel single button flyback stop seconds wristwatch with 60 minute central counter, Circa 1945 | 浪琴 | 型號5681 精鋼單按鈕飛返停秒腕錶，備60秒中心刻度，約1945年製
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April 23, 08:19 AM GMT
Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 HKD
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Property from the Family of the Original Owner
Longines
浪琴
Reference 5681
A stainless steel single button flyback stop seconds wristwatch with 60 minute central counter, Circa 1945
型號5681
精鋼單按鈕飛返停秒腕錶，備60秒中心刻度，約1945年製
Dial: lacquer
Calibre: cal. 12.68Z mechanical, jeweled
Movement number: 7'402'817
Case: stainless steel, snap on case back
Case number: order number 23'646 and 75
Closure: stainless steel riveted bracelet stamped for 1955
Size: 37.5 mm width, bracelet circumference approximately 160 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
For a similar example, please see Longines Legendary Watches by John Goldberger, pages 268 and 269.
Formerly the property of Captain Pilot Francois Noordhoorn, the present Longines is a very crisp and original example. The case back is stamped with the order number 23646 and number 75, which is also repeated on the outside of the upper left lug. Captain Noordhoorn was a pilot and trainer for Garuda Indonesian Airways, which is confirmed by the G.I.A. inscription on the case back. Consigned by the family of Captain Noordhoorn, this is an interesting stainless steel wristwatch with single button flyback stop seconds and central 60 minute register.