Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 10, 2013
LOT 196
LONGINES YELLOW GOLD DRESS WATCH Longines, Swiss, "Union", No. 5170994. Made circa 1940. Fine, rare and elegant, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch with two-tone dial.
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300
Three-body, polished inclined bezel, the band chased with laurel leaves and flowers, snap-on case back with engine-turned line decoration. Two-tone silvered with concentric hour and minute tracks, black Arabic quarter-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel pierced lozenge hands. Cal. 18.89.Z ABC., rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, cam micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-19 |
Fair Dent(s) |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-10-01 |
As new Patinated HANDS Original |