Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 402

Longines, Swiss, No. 3601967.Very fine and rare Art Deco ?chinoiserie? 18K gold, enamel, diamond-set keyless watch with original integrated fob.

C. Two-body, rectangular, the front with black champlevé enamel with gold rosette-set borders, the back designed as a three-panel Chinese screen with a painting of a bird in a tree, the panels divided by rows of diamonds, the top and bottom with enamel panels resembling jade, the pearl finial at the bottom being also a winding device. The fob: oval gold brooch at the top decorated in champlevé black enamel similarly to the watch, the center with matching jade enamel centered by a diamond-set rinwith two black silk cords attaching to the watch, joined together by a gold sleeve with black champlevé enamel decorated with a Chinese motif and finished on both ends with rows of diamonds. D. Rectangular, silvered, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel ?lozenge? hands. M. 12.2 x 24.3 mm (5 1/2 x 11'''),oval, nickel, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on the movement.Dim. Watch: 35 x 20, length with the fob: 100 mm.