Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 131

Longines, "Chronografo Contador Rattrapante", No. 4290263. Made in the 1920s. Fine and rare, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with square button split-seconds chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register, tachometer and telemeter.

C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, hinged cuvette engraved with various Longines "Grand Prix" award medals, split-seconds push-button on the case band. D. White enamel with bold painted Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph divisions, outermost tachometer and telemeter graduation to 1000 m., sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 19.73N, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, Breguet balance spring, visible split-seconds mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.