Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 224

?Skeletonized? Longines, Swiss. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, keyless, skeletonized, 18K yellow gold dress watch.

C. Three-body, "bassine", solid, polished, rounded bezels, hinged bow, transparent case back. D. Skeletonized, painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer gold reserve. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 16''', gilt skeletonized brass, the plates engraved in a floral motif, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 11 mm.