*LONGINES Dienst Heer. N° : 3092. Circa : 1943. Military type wristwatch. Round steel case with screwed back. Black dial with luminescent painted Arabic numerals (radium). Second hand at 6 o'clock. Manual winding mechanical movement caliber 12.68Z. Black leather strap with pin buckle. Regulatory marking on the back of the case of the Dienst Heer (DH), the German regular army and the serial number 3092. The watch is accompanied by an archive extract attesting to its origin and history purchased in Berlin in 1943. Diameter: 32.5 mm. Length: 21 cm.

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