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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 273

Yellow Gold ?Single Button Chronograph? Longines, ?Chronographe Compteur?, No. 2968845. Made circa 1920. Fine and rare, early, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with single button chronograph, register and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

HKD 60,000 - 80,000

USD 8,000 - 11,000 / EUR 6,000 - 8,000

C. Four-body, polished, hinged single wire lugs, chronograph button in the crown. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second track, Arabic five/minute second numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Luminous blued steel ?skeleton? hands. M. Cal. 13.33, 29 mm., rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial movement and case signed, case numbered. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a Hong Kong Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-53-01

Good

Reprinted

HANDS Original