Only Online Auction

Geneva, Oct 08, 2024

LOT 75

LONGINES, REF. 7494-2, DIVER, STAINLESS STEEL

CHF 4,300 - 8,500

HKD 38,900 - 78,000 / USD 5,000 - 10,000 / EUR 4,500 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 5,418

A very fine and rare, stainless steel, self winding wristwatch, tropical dial,


Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2- 7-8-17-19

Very good

Slightly scratched

Slightly spotted

Dent(s)

Movement: 2 *
Dial: 2-01-7-8-17

Very good

HANDS Original

Oxidized

Slightly scratched

Slightly spotted

Brand Longines

Model Diver

Reference 7494-2

Year circa 1960

Case No. 13219002

Diameter circa 42mm

Caliber 19 ASD

Signature case, dial and movement

Provenance

property of an American collector

Biography

Two-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with scuba-diver emblem, second crown to rotate the inner bezel for the decompression times. Black with luminous baton markers and quarter Arabic numerals, minute track, outer revolving decompression scale with silvered minute dot indexes, baton five minutes and quarter Arabic numerals. Steel luminous arrow hands. Cal. 290, rhodium plated, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, flat 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.