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     Jay Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Zaf, Here's an interesting Weems I think was used in the British Military. It's a full size at 34mm. Have you seen this model? Do you think it's a rare piece?    | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 1436 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Yes, I have had is several times. However, it is most likely a civilian model. The British military version would be marked like this: http://www.watch-prices.com/graphics/images/watches/rx0301b.jpg | ||
| Jay Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Interesting modification to the rotating bezel lock! I hope I can convert it back. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 1437 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
You can make someting semi-suitable with a conventional winding stem and crown. | ||
| Nitramj New member Username: Nitramj Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2007 Rating: N/A |
I have the same watch as the one shown.My father was in the R.A.F.and said it was given to him by longines when he was flying fighters in the second world war.This is very much the same even the color of the face.The rotating bezel lock is not there only the flanges on each side.It lookes as if the screw had sheered off.Mine is of good condition and even works.I would be interested in any information you could give me as to its worth as I am interested in selling it.My father would turn in his grave if I did not get a reasonable price.No military markings on reverse. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 2466 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Without the case back engravings I am showing, there is no way to show military provenence, so value is typically $800 or so, deducting from there for condition issues (like a missing bezel lock crown, poor dial condition, etc.) Missing the lock itself might be a $200-250 deduction. | ||
| Rono5434 New member Username: Rono5434 Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2007 Rating: N/A |
hi, i have a weems(?) watch with similar markings (RAF) to those in the web-link in post 1436. i believe there were some issued without the bezel and locking crown which are MKVIIA with an asterisk, as opposed to MKVIIA (with the bezel). can you enlighten and maybe provide a picture of th former. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 2822 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
I have not run into an asterisk marked one. If a Weems doesn't have a bezel is it still a weems? That's a central feature of the watch. I'd imagine that something w/o a bezel is just a 6B/159 spec watch. | ||
| Mesomachines New member Username: Mesomachines Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2008 Rating: N/A |
Zaf - I have a Longines Weems civilian cased (by Longines) watch. I understand that they were in high demand after the war and that Longines wanted to use up all of the extra movements. This one is in a solid 14K gold screw-back case that looks like it could have been waterproof (plenty of room for a crown seal) and the case weighs 3/4 oz! I know the rotating dial is cool, but do you think these might have collector value some day as well? Here's a link to some photos: http://www.pbase.com/rreid/watches -Reid | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 3241 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hello. I have seen these "bezel-less" Weems on a few occasions before, so they probably came that way. But they remain a mystery: a Weems watch, by definition, should have a rotating disk or bezel to line up the "zero" to the running sweep second, in order to synchronize it to a time source. With your watch, this is not possible. So, with this lingering question mark, I think these will always be much less valuble then ones with a bezel of inner rotating disk with the actual Weems function. These are also quite small, which is currently out of fashion. |