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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 223

?Chronograph ? Central Minute Register? Longines, No. 6964577, case No. 23086, Ref. 177. Made circa 1945. Fine and rare, large, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with chronograph, 12- hour register and red central progressive minute register hand.

CHF 19,000 - 25,000

EUR 12,000 - 16,000 / USD 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 23,600

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, concave lugs, large winding-crown. D. Brushed silver with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second scale, subsidiary seconds at 9, 12-hour register at 3. Luminous "Skeleton" hands, red hand for the minute register. M. Cal. 137N, 13???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Longines wristwatches with a central progressive minute register hand are very rare, especially on civilian watches. They were used mainly on watches for military use such as the ?retour en vol? pilots watches.