{"product_id":"vintage-longines-pocket-watch-7713-cal-428-manual-wind-circa-1970s","title":"Vintage Longines Pocket Watch 7713 Cal. 428 Manual Wind Circa 1970s papers","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReference\u003c\/strong\u003e: 7713-5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMovement\u003c\/strong\u003e: Cal 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e: circa 1970s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCase Size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 41mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCase Thickness\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: used Longines Pocket watch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBox \u0026amp; Papers\u003c\/strong\u003e: papers only\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCase Material:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stainless Steel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarranty\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12-Months Warranty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOINTS OF MENTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn lovely pre-owned condition, with light wear from use\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean time-only dial layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLongines chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully serviced manually wound movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned Longines crown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Longines 7713 pocket watch\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wonderfully elegant Longines pocket watch from the late 1960s, capturing the clean and increasingly minimalist design language of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts stainless steel case has a slim, uncomplicated profile, giving the watch a far more modern appearance than the heavier and more traditional pocket watches of earlier generations. The result is a beautifully refined piece that feels equally at home with formal tailoring today as it would have done when first produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial is particularly attractive in its simplicity. The applied Longines name and famous winged-hourglass emblem sit beneath 12 o’clock, while the slender hands and restrained hour markers preserve the wonderfully calm and balanced appearance. With no date window or unnecessary dial text to interrupt the design, very little distracts from its elegant proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside is Longines’ calibre 428, a manually wound mechanical movement originally created for use in slim wristwatches. Its compact construction made it ideally suited to this unusually sleek interpretation of a pocket watch, allowing Longines to produce something far removed from the substantial pocket-watch movements of earlier generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe movement has been fully serviced by our in-house watchmaker and is ready to be enjoyed once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eLONGINES AND THE RETURN OF THE POCKET WATCH\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the 1960s, the pocket watch was no longer the everyday necessity it had once been. Wristwatches had long since become the dominant way of carrying time, yet changing fashions created a small but fascinating revival of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mid to late 1960s saw a return to expressive menswear, including three-piece suits, waistcoats and increasingly adventurous formal tailoring. This transformation became known as the “Peacock Revolution”. A slim pocket watch could once again form part of that look, although the large and often substantial pocket watches of previous generations did not always suit the cleaner lines of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongines’ approach was distinctly modern. Rather than recreating a traditional pocket watch around a large movement, the company used the compact calibre 428 within a slim, purpose-designed case. The result retained the character and ceremony of carrying a pocket watch while feeling unmistakably contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a pleasing historical irony to its construction. The wristwatch had evolved from the pocket watch, yet several decades later Longines effectively reversed that journey, placing a wristwatch-sized movement inside a fashionable new pocket-watch design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eO\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eUR THOUGTHS\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wonderfully unusual piece of Longines history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere many pocket watches appear firmly rooted in the early decades of the twentieth century, this one feels distinctly modern. Its slim gold-plated case, restrained dial and beautifully simple proportions give it a timeless quality that remains remarkably wearable today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether worn traditionally with a waistcoat, carried as an occasional dress piece or simply enjoyed as part of a Longines collection, it is a fascinating reminder that fashion rarely travels in a straight line. The pocket watch had given way to the wristwatch, only for Longines to reverse the journey and return a wristwatch movement to the pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Past2PresentWatches","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62447686779267,"sku":"LPW5063WO","price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2397\/4423\/files\/Longines-pocketwatch-7713-papers.jpg?v=1787921210","url":"https:\/\/past2presentwatches.com\/products\/vintage-longines-pocket-watch-7713-cal-428-manual-wind-circa-1970s","provider":"Past2PresentWatches","version":"1.0","type":"link"}