Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1993
LOT 18
Longines Watch Co., Swiss, No. 4842576, patent No. 78424, circa 1930. Fine 14 ct. gold and enamel keyless Art-Deco purse watch designed as a match-box.
CHF 3,500 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 4,600
C. Two piece, massive, rectangular, the spring loaded watch sliding off the box, cover and back decorated with blue champleve decoration in a geometrical pattern. D. Mat silver with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "scotties" hands. M. 9, 5"', rhodium plated movement, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 3 adjustments, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Dim. 42 x 31 x 11 mm.
