Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 192
LONGINES MULTISCALE CHRONOGRAPH - YELLOW GOLD Longines, "Chronographe", No. 4792511. Made circa 1910. Fine and rare, keyless, 14K yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register, tachometer and telemeter.
CHF 1,200 - 2,200
HKD 10,000 - 18,000 / USD 1,300 - 2,300
Sold: CHF 1,875
Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, co-axial button in the crown for the start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the Longines "Grand Prix" medals. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph seconds divisions, outermost tachometer and telemeter graduation to 1000 m., sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Yellow gold Breguet hands. Cal. 19.73N, matte gilt, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, visible chronograph mechanism.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |