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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 12

Set of three Longines wristwatches, No. 0475/1000. Made in 1997 to mark the 130th anniversary of the company?s founding and the 165th anniversary of their horological activity. Produced in a limited edition of 1000 sets. Sold on March 10, 1998. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box, certificate, and instruction booklets . To be sold without reserve

A. Longines, Automatic, "Chronograph", No. 0475/1000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date, and a stainless steel Longines buckle.
C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. White with grille effect at the center and painted Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. Blued steel feuille hands.
M. Cal. 667.2, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
B. Longines, Automatic, "World Time", No. 0475/1000. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with World Time system, and a stainless steel Longines buckle.
C. Two-body, polished, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with grille effect at the center and painted Arabic numerals, outer ring dial bearing the names of 24 cities of the world, concentric, revolving dial in 24 hours, aperture for the date. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 635.3, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 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.
C. Longines, Automatic, "Chronometer", Officially Certified, No. 0475/1000. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with a stainless steel Longines buckle.
C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. White with grille effect at the center, outer painted Arabic numerals and 1/5th second graduation, aperture for the date. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 622.2, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 21 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 9 mm. New / Old Stock