Only Online Auction

Geneva, Oct 08, 2024

LOT 69

LONGINES, USA, REF. 22185, CHRONOGRAPH, STAINLESS STEEL

CHF 950 - 2,900

HKD 8,700 - 26,000 / USD 1,150 - 3,400 / EUR 1,000 - 3,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 2,016

A very fine and rare, stainless steel, silver dial, chronograph, manual wind wristwatch with silver dial, telemeter and units per hour dial, stainless steel


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Grading System
Case: 2- 7-8-17-19

Very good

Slightly scratched

Slightly spotted

Dent(s)

Dial: 3-01-7-10-12-18

Good

HANDS Original

Oxidized

Patinated

Worn

Spotted

Brand Longines, usa

Model chronograph

Reference 22185

Year circa 1930/1940

Movement No. 8398518

Case No. 22185 116

Diameter 36 mm (approx.)

Signature case, dial and movement

Provenance

property of a German gentleman

Biography

three-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs. silver dial with painted roman numerals, outer minutes and 1/5th seconds track with Arabic 5-minute/seconds markers, outer black telemeter scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Cal. 30 CH, rhodium-plated, decoration, 18 jewels, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 26% of the hammer price on each lot.
Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete.
The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.