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Yes, I am very happy to be the current curator for this momento of a great person. Historical watches are my hobby and that may take me all over the world and into enemy territory as some will find out. This is not one of my most historic watches, but it is quite interesting to me too because of the forgotten contributions of the WLA. And as it turns out, there were equivalents of the British WLA in American and other countries and let us not over look the obvious military factory women.

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One of three known solid gold Longines COSD

 
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-14:23
To many Longines and military watch collectors, the Longines C.O.S.D. Tuna is a grail watch especially with an original Longines factory radium dial. Ever since the first accounts of these watches were made in the landmark Ziggy book on military watches w...  

Thank you

 
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-14:48
Your comments are very kind and I do appreciate them. Here are some other examples of C.O.S.D. From left to right, William Lawson's Dennison, MoD Tuna, and Prototype Tuna. ...  
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-18:35
They are hard to get an all correct one. There's many put together C.O.S.D. now and I would say that my MoD version is a bit mixed up combination of Big Crown C.O.S.D. with MoD dial. The sort of prototype with the amber 6B/159 dial and movement that is es... 

Impressive collection

 
By: VinnieD : April 27th, 2023-15:24
Are you based in Japan? I feel there are quite a few Longines treasures over there! A nice vintage Longines could be next on my list: this is a rare area of the market where you get excellent horological content for (mostly) good value
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-18:15
I am not in Japan. And I agree, there were quite a few Japanese watch dealers that used to come to the United States and buy through the whole country then go back to Japan. I saw a picture of someone that had a small box filled with vintage watches from ... 

These are the only other 9ct COSD created.

 
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-15:10
Below shows that all the parts are numbers matching. Mid case numbers match the case back serial numbers. The movement is from the May COSD batch. ...  
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-18:10
Ah, very nice watch, but essentially the American equivalent of the French MN. I don't think anyone knows what they were for. I have seen lots of these too and the U S -- Army marked ones too. All are nice, hope you can get something like it to match your... 

Thank you for sharing

 
By: Derreck : April 27th, 2023-15:13
Very interesting piece of history, and for me watch collecting at its best, not only about the history of a certain maison but about connecting watch histrory with stories from our own past, how things came to be and the watches part in it.

Thank you for your kind comments

 
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-15:28
Yes, I am very happy to be the current curator for this momento of a great person. Historical watches are my hobby and that may take me all over the world and into enemy territory as some will find out. This is not one of my most historic watches, but it ... 

Fantastic History!

 
By: Duffymcpatzer : April 27th, 2023-16:55
And an interesting watch to boot! Thanks for the share.

University of Sussex Published This Book with his achievements

 
By: Lépine : April 27th, 2023-16:56
Everyday, how did he manage to get up in the morning and do this for two major wars. It was a dirty job but someone had to do it. ...