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I own a Nonius!

 

It's quite an incredible watch! The movement is about as good a it gets for any price... and the dial is so LONGINES, so 60's... When I bought it, (10 years ago?)  I wasn't really sure what I was doing... I just loved it and wasn't sure if anyone on earth would agree. I had met a collector who was a crazy Longine Heuer guy... and I bought a mint 60's Longines diver off his wrist (that was not for sale, still own it) which led to this one... Nonius seems to have come into its own with the Longines resurgence of past handful of years. A VERY specific watch. The movement, ULTIMATE. I kind of want to put a transparent back on it! (If I did, the threads remain same, and metal back can be put back, I already investigated it lol)

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2 variations of an interesting vintage Longines: The Nonius Chronograph.

 
By: amanico : February 19th, 2021-00:47
2 iterations, well, I would say that for me, there is only one Nonius, the version housing the famous cal 30CH: While the later is not bad looking at all, but it houses a more pedestrian Valjoux movement. Why Nonius? Because you have a 9 seconds scale, yo...  

Isn’t that Nonius for 10th of seconds like on a micrometer scale?

 
By: Figij005 : February 19th, 2021-04:12
I.e. when one number hits the scale line perfectly, its for the 10th of a second? Best, Jens

Very quirky looking watches but quite nice.

 
By: kev09 : February 19th, 2021-04:52
The nine minutes scale looks a bit strange and, I have to admit, baffles me. I can’t figure out what it’s for. Regards Kev.

Its also called a Vernier Scale

 
By: Figij005 : February 19th, 2021-10:45
It is used to improve the precision of reading for 10th of seconds (although none of the movements used is a hi-beat-movement). Best described in Wikipedia. Best, Jens

I own a Nonius!

 
By: Mostel : February 19th, 2021-16:44
It's quite an incredible watch! The movement is about as good a it gets for any price... and the dial is so LONGINES, so 60's... When I bought it, (10 years ago?) I wasn't really sure what I was doing... I just loved it and wasn't sure if anyone on earth ... 

I know Nicolas, I have to

 
By: Mostel : March 17th, 2021-15:19
I am so bad about pics. It is certainly an economical way to own this crazy-beautiful, legendary movement

Here are pics of perhaps the most intriguing 30CH ever . . .

 
By: Dr No : March 20th, 2021-09:07
. . . owned by Steve G . . . . . . and posted here with previously granted permission. For those unaware, it's a unique Longines prepared especially for Steve. Art ...  

Steve's 30CH is a . . .

 
By: Dr No : March 20th, 2021-10:14
. . . piece unique produced ~ twenty years ago, decades after the movement was out of production, by Longines as a gift to one of their employees. (This info is from Steve's website). It's literally the last 30CH made. Art ...  

Six or seven years ago, there were two available from the same seller a half-hour drive . . .

 
By: Dr No : March 18th, 2021-10:43
. . . from my place, one in slightly better condition than the other, both in the high $3K range. I thought long and hard about them, but passed, much to my regret. That was my last chance at owning a 30CH. They've gone thru the roof since. Art

Totally agreed, Nicolas . . .

 
By: Dr No : March 18th, 2021-15:43
. . . but the hazards and pitfalls of vintage collecting have increased markedly in the last few years. Five years ago I could acquire any vintage Omega and be fully confident it could be restored to correct condition. Not today, unfortunately. There will... 

The short version of the long story is that my most recent foray into vintage Omega . . .

 
By: Dr No : March 18th, 2021-15:50
. . . was almost torpedoed by parts availability, or more precisely, unavailability. The efforts I'm being forced to make to bring a ref 2518 to correct condition are unsustainable. And parts availability for other manufacturers, particularly highly finis...