1968 Longines Vintage Ultra Chron High-Beat Mens Watch with Box - 14K Gold manual wind rose gold applied mixed Arabic

rose gold applied mixed Arabic and baton indexes

freshly serviced by a Master Watchmaker

It presents much better in person than it does in the photos

A cool original retro Omega that looks like new on the wrist

Today's offering showcases this gorgeously restored example of one of Omega's classic vintage De Ville watches

1968 Longines Vintage Ultra Chron High-Beat Mens Watch with Box - 14K Gold manual wind rose gold applied mixed ArabicIn 1967, to commemorate the company's 100th anniversary, Longines released the Ultra Chron, a new line of extremely accurate wristwatches. Depending on the watch, the balance system ticked away at a speedy 28,800 or a blazing 36,000 beat per hour pace, giving it the ability to run incredibly accurately. Those that beat at 36,000 beats per hour balance system, twice the speed of many traditional watches, ticked away at the fastest beat rate of the era,