Only Online Auction

Geneva, Oct 08, 2024

LOT 74

LONGINES, SWISS MADE, REF. 5681, FLYBACK, STAINLESS STEEL

CHF 950 - 1,900

HKD 8,700 - 17,400 / USD 1,150 - 2,300 / EUR 1,000 - 2,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 2,268

A very fine and rare, stainless steel, silver dial, flyback chronograph, manual wind wristwatch with silver dial, flyback chronograph, stainless steel


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2-08-10-18

Very good

Patinated

Spotted

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 53-06-10-18

Reprinted

HANDS Partially replaced

Patinated

Spotted

Brand Longines, swiss made

Model  flyback

Reference 5681

Year circa 1950

Movement No. 7417978

Diameter circa 37mm

Caliber 12.68z

Signature case, dial and movement

Provenance

property of a German lady

Biography

Two-body, polished and brushed, numbered snap-on case back, concave lugs with underside numbered 10. Brushed, silvered, with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second scale, subsidiary seconds dial for constant seconds. Luminous baton hands, central minute register hand. Cal. 12.68Z, 15''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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.