Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 36

Longines, ?Chronomètre?, No. 2041261. Made circa 1900. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with unusual case.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, entirely ornamented with floral decoration, monogrammed front cover, hinged gold cuvette with Grand-Prix medals. D. Double-sunk white enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 20???, half plate, maillechort, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 18 jewels partially in screwed gold châtons, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, eccentric cam micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.