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New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 121

?Cronógrafo Repeticion a Cuartos y Minutos? Longines, Swiss, ?Cronógrafo Repeticion a Cuartos y Minutos?, No. 2228357. Made circa 1910 for the South American market. Very fine, thin, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with chronograph.

USD 4,000 - 5,000

EUR 3,000 - 3,700

C. Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished, entirely engine-turned, monogrammed front, hinged gold cuvette engraved with various exhibition award medals. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer chronograph divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Pink gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 20???, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band, visible chronograph works. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-15

Good

Slightly rusted

Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-44-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The medals on the cuvette refer to Grand Prix competitions won by Longines in Anvers in 1885, Brussels in 1897, Paris 1889 and 1900 and in Milan in 1906.