Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 271

?White Gold? Longines, No. 4857506. Made in the 1930s. Fine and rare, rectangular curved, 18K white gold mid-sized wristwatch with a Longines steel buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, brushed and striped, hinged case back with initials: J.M.N., central mobile lugs. D. Matte silver with printed Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?cathedral" hands. M. Cal. 940, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 22 x 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.