Only Online Auction
Geneva, Jan 03, 2022
LOT 195
Longines
Historical pocket watch, chronometer, calibre 19.95; 18K yellow gold and enamel
CHF 3,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,900 - 5,800 / USD 3,300 - 6,500 / HKD 25,300 - 51,000
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch chronometer, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre, a coat of arms painted on polychrome enamel, consisting of an oval medallion with a wild boar in a meadow, crowned with a helmet and ribbons.
White enamel dial, with suspended “Breguet” numerals; yellow gold “Spade” hands.
Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, gold screwed-chatons (setting), straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Longines, Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura)
Year circa 1913
Movement No. 1 972 761
Case No. 1 972 761
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 50.5 mm.
Caliber 19.95, 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement
Weight 94.9 gr. (approx.)
Signature movement (on the main-plate, under the dial)
Accessories Extract from the Archives
Notes
The Extract from the Archives, dated December 16, 2021, mentioned that this watch was invoiced on December 31, 1913, to the Longines agent, Maison Wirth, Switzerland.
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It was probably at the customer’s special request that the watch was delivered unsigned. It is recorded as such in the archival documents of the Saint-Imier Manufacture. A study of the watch shows that it does not bear the name “Longines” in any visible way (movement on the bridges side, dial and case). On the other hand, on a part invisible to the customer, the main-plate on the dial side is duly signed.
In the manufacture’s establishment book, the word “chronometer” appears next to the calibre, with the attribution of a “1 A” quality / class Bulletin de marche (watch rate certificate). In the absence of any specific mention, it is more likely that this is a bulletin issued by a Bureau de contrôle officiel de la marche des montres (official control office for rate certificates of watches), probably in Saint-Imier, rather than a deposit at the observatory in Neuchâtel or elsewhere.
We would like to thank the Longines Heritage department for kindly providing us with the above-mentioned historical information from the Manufacture’s archives.
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It was probably at the customer’s special request that the watch was delivered unsigned. It is recorded as such in the archival documents of the Saint-Imier Manufacture. A study of the watch shows that it does not bear the name “Longines” in any visible way (movement on the bridges side, dial and case). On the other hand, on a part invisible to the customer, the main-plate on the dial side is duly signed.
In the manufacture’s establishment book, the word “chronometer” appears next to the calibre, with the attribution of a “1 A” quality / class Bulletin de marche (watch rate certificate). In the absence of any specific mention, it is more likely that this is a bulletin issued by a Bureau de contrôle officiel de la marche des montres (official control office for rate certificates of watches), probably in Saint-Imier, rather than a deposit at the observatory in Neuchâtel or elsewhere.
We would like to thank the Longines Heritage department for kindly providing us with the above-mentioned historical information from the Manufacture’s archives.
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
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