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Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 200

Yellow Gold Chronographe Longines, ?Chronographe?, movement and case No. 3911811. Made in 1926. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold chronograph with register.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, the front with an applied monogram, engraved dedication on the interior, pusher in the band. Hinged gold cuvette, stamped with medals from different exhibitions and engraved ?7 Grands Prix, Chronographe?. D. White enamel with bold black Arabic 1-11 numerals and bold red 12, outer minute divisions with black Arabic 13 ? 23 numerals and red 24, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Yellow gold Louis XV hands. M. 19.73 N, gilt, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, eccentric cam micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 51.7 mm.