I didn't know there were wristwatches in 1887. Well.. as far as I know, wristwatches started to appear at the end of 19th century but they were not that popular until the 1930s. According to "Wristwatches: 100 years of development history": "In 1925, 66% of Switzerland's export of watches were pocket watches, and only one third were wristwatches. Within 10 years - so, by 1935 - only 33% were pocket watches."
The way I'm reading the seller's ad, Longines just made the movement (for the first watch). And it was for a pocket watch. The dial and case were made much more recently and there is no indication they were produced by Longines.
Watch #2 is located in the Ukraine and it's reasonable to assume, looking at its condition, the same applies here as in the first example. They're just too darned BIG to be 90+ year-old wrist watches.
Says right in the first listing "wristwatch recased from pocket watch". At best, the movement is vintage Longines, the case and dial are modern fabrications.
Don't bother with ANYTHING that comes from the Ukraine. They're crooks and swindling unsuspecting buyers is a way of life there. Those thieves have multiple ID's (wandolec was famous for these piece of shlt frankens) even with fake locations and use shills ALL THE TIME.
It didn't even cross my mind to buy it. I got scared to death whe I saw them. And I would't buy anything that comes from there anyway. But thank you for warning me. Strange though how these sellers get 100% feedback
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