Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019

LOT 429

LONGINES DECORATIVE POCKET-WATCH, NEO-RENAISSANCE DÉCOR IMITATING THE DAMASCENE-WORK; OXIDIZED STEEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD

HKD 30,000 - 40,000

CHF 3,750 - 5,000 / USD 3,850 - 5,100

Sold: HKD 34,375

Oxidised steel and vari-colour gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with Neo-Renaissance décor imitating the damascene-work, with, in the centre, a motif showing two chimeras surrounded by four griffins.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Brand Longines, Saint-Imier

Year Circa 1895

Calibre  18.65, 18’’’, lateral lever escapement

Case No. 807 494

Material Oxidised steel and vari-colour gold

Diameter 50.7 mm.

Signature Dial and Movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives

Notes

Inside the case-back, a label inscribed “W. J Baird / No. 88” (probably coming from the collection of the watch store founded in London in the early 19th century).
The Extract from the Archives, dated September 2019, mentioned that this watch was delivered on January 25, 1896, to the Longines agent, Maison Mauer, in Spain.