Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 124

?Yellow Gold Pioneer?s Watch" Longines, "The Pioneers Watch", Automatic, No. 4/500, Ref. L2.610.6. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in the late 1990s. Fine and rare, "World Time," center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an independently adjustable 12-hour hand. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bidirectional revolving bezel bearing the names of 23 locations, transparent case back, concave lugs, mechanism to lock the bezel at 6, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, revolving outer ring with 24 hour graduation, center decorated with the outlines of 3 continents, luminous dots. Luminous blued steel "feuille" hands. M. Cal. L635.3, rhodium-plated, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial case, and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.