Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 24

Longines Cal. 13ZN, Retour en Vol Longines, movement No. 5827377, case No. 5967 40 52. Made circa 1952. Very fine and rare, large, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register, telemeter, tachometer and a gold-plated Longines buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic 12 and 6, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and for the seconds, outer telemeter scale in red, outermost tachometer scale in blue. Pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 13ZN, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur balance, self compensating blued Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm.