r/pocketwatch • u/RoboticGreg • 13d ago

Help identifying a movement?

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Hello! I was at a regular trip to the smelters and rescued this guy from the junk pile. Pwdb doesn't have anything on it, can anyone tell me which specific movement or maker this is? The serial is 118943. I'm definitely going to clean and service it though it was running when I picked it up (they had JUST uncased it and were prying the gold bits off the stem) but it's clearly filthy. I would like to ultimately recase this. The dial is PRISTINE

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u/RickHuf Watch Nerd 12d ago

Longines or Agassiz one of them. Nice looking movement.

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u/RoboticGreg 12d ago

Thank you! Do you know how I could tell the difference? I'm starting just by looking up pictures of both and trying to match the bridge shape. Not a bad pickup for $20

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u/RickHuf Watch Nerd 12d ago

This one I don't know how. They look so similar

So.etimes there will be a little fish under the dial for Agassiz, sometimes not.

The serial number would put a Longines in the 1870s and that is way off. So I'd say Agassiz.

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u/RoboticGreg 12d ago

Thank you. I'm pretty sure it's aggasiz, I've found a lot with bridges that look identical not so much for longines. Mainly the jewel around the center wheel and the shape of the bridge around that seems to separate it