Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 139

Longines, "Chronographe Compteur", Swiss, No. 2968408. Made in the 1920s. Fine, keyless, yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register and pulsometer. Accompanied by a box.

C. Four-body, demi-bassine, solid, polished, engine-turned case back with monogram, hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with bold painted Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph divisions, outermost pulsometer graduation to 30 pulsations, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Gold spade hands. M. Cal. 19.73N, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm. Property of Various Owners