Geneva, May 12, 2024

LOT 339

LONGINES, SWITZERLAND, MINUTE-REPEATING, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 7,000 - 14,000

HKD 61,000 - 122,000 / USD 7,800 - 15,500 / EUR 7,200 - 14,300

Sold: CHF 8,125

A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind hunting case, keyless pocket watch. Minute-repeater on two steel gongs, subsidiary seconds at 6 oclock.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Brand Longines, Switzerland

Year Sold in November 1906

Case No. 1693581

Diameter 55 mm.

Caliber 19''', 27 jewels, frosted gilt, going barrel, gold screwed-chaton (setting) on the central wheel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial, with silent centrifugal force governor to regulate the speed of the repetition mechanism.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Extract from the Archives

Notes

The Extract from the Archives, dated March 1, 2024, mentioned that this watch was invoiced on November 12, 1906, to the company Hauser,Zivy & Co, which was at the time the Longines agent for France.

Provenance

PROPERTY OF A SPANISH COLLECTOR