Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...

Hong Kong, Dec 05, 2021

LOT 56

LONGINES
Ref. 3582, military wristwatch, black dial, made for the Czechoslovak Armys; “Anti Magnetique”; stainless steel

HKD 25,500 - 51,000

EUR 2,900 - 5,800 / CHF 3,100 - 6,100 / USD 3,300 - 6,600

Sold: HKD 33,750

Stainless steel, manual-winding, cushion-shaped, large military wristwatch, case-back screwed by two screws (between the lugs), toothed revolving bezel with pointer (inner calibration marker), black dial with luminous suspended Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6, made for the Czechoslovak Army, probably the Czech Air Force. Case-back engraved with the mention in Czech “Majetek / Vojenské Správy / 1479” (Property of the Military Administration).


Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Longines, Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura)

Reference 3582

Year Circa 1937

Movement No. 5 463 360

Case No. 5 463 360 / 54

Bracelet Black leather Jürgen’s strap; stainless steel buckle

Caliber 15.94

Dimensions 51.5 x 40.5 mm

Signature Case, Dial and Movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives

Notes

The Extract from the Archives, dated November 16, 2021, mentioned that this watch was invoiced on May 20, 1937, to the Longines agent, Maison Guth, Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Czechoslovakia).