Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 76

LONGINES MINUTE REPEATER HUNTING CASED CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Longines, Swiss, No. 2962785. Made in the early 1920s. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, minute-repeating, hunting- cased, keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Accompanied by the original fitted box and a 30 cm.gold chain.

Five-body, bassine, solid, polished, triple hinged, cover centered by a monogram, dedication inside. Hinged cuvette engraved with various Longines Grand Prix award medals. White enamel with painted Breguet numerals, outer minute and 1/5th second track with 5-second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Gold spade hands. 19'''Cal. 19.73N, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.