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Experts to the front - who knows "Lings" watches?

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Olaf Peuss

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May 5, 2006, 9:53:53 AM5/5/06
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Hello experts,

has anyone here ever heard of a watch manufacturer by the name of
"Lings"? A friend of mine was shown such a "Lings" watch yesterday
evening and he took two photos of it with his mobile phone camera - not
very good quality, I'm afraid, but maybe somebody here has already seen
such a watch and recognizes it.

Front: http://img51.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01854small9xf.jpg

Back: http://img51.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01860small5fx.jpg

The bracelet is not the genuine bracelet that came with the watch but a
cheapo "you-can-get-me-in-any-department-store-for-one-dollar-fifty"
replacement. The watch itself features a gold or gilded case and looks
as if it were from the 1960s or 1970s.

Does anyone have knowledge about the manufacturer, perhaps that
particular watch model and can vaguely estimate how much that piece is
worth?

Thank you for your replies and best regards,
OP

Noah Little

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May 5, 2006, 10:10:03 AM5/5/06
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Olaf Peuss wrote:
> has anyone here ever heard of a watch manufacturer by the name of
> "Lings"?

No, but I may have known his daughter, Dinga.

Frank Adam

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May 5, 2006, 9:52:50 PM5/5/06
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That wasn't his daughter.
And you played with it.. Eww...

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Regards, Frank

SWG

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May 6, 2006, 5:25:52 AM5/6/06
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I do not know whether an expert shall be able to give you the
circumstanciated answer you are requesting. I just did a quick google
search a came up with the following offers of Ling watches:
http://search-desc.ebay.com/lings-watches_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftsZ2QQssPageNameZRC0021QQxpufuZxQ5A1

IMHO, you should ask each seller about the provenience of Ling watches.
One of the sellers refers to an Orix company: neither Ling nor Orix
are registered TM in Switzerland, nor listed in Mrs. Pritschard's
reference book. There is off course an Oris company, which has neither
used those TM.

rens...@gmail.com

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Apr 3, 2015, 3:33:30 AM4/3/15
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Google Kevin Lings, an economist for Stanlib in South Africa. Makes watches as a hobby.

Andrew Piereder

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Dec 2, 2021, 8:14:01 PM12/2/21
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On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 1:33:30 AM UTC-6, rens...@gmail.com wrote:
> Google Kevin Lings, an economist for Stanlib in South Africa. Makes watches as a hobby.

Ling or Lings is a phantom brand whose commonality with other phantom brands like Modina and Naval is the crown or wings and an Italian watch movement. 21 prix is supposed to imply 21 jewels, but the reality is that there may be no jewels at all. For a brand that no one seems to know anything about, they are for sale on Etsy, Ebay and a variety of watch trading sites. I am watching one on eBay, but will not be bidding on it.
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