Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, May 08, 2010
LOT 281
Longines Chronometer Deck Watch with Guillaume Balance ? Owned by Prince Vladimir Orlov Longines, No. 2352418. Made circa 1910. Fine and rare, large, silver, keyless, lever chronometer deck watch with 50-hour power-reserve and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the original Longines numbered wooden deck box and a silver-framed photograph of Prince Vladimir Orlov.
CHF 3,800 - 5,700
USD 3,600 - 5,500 / EUR 2,700 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 4,560
C. Four-body, bassine et filets, polished, gold hinge. Hinged silver cuvette. D. Matte silver, champleve Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, power-reserve sector below 12. Black pear hands. M. Cal. 24.99, 23???, matte gilt, bar bridge-type, 21 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer cam-type regulator. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 68 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-19 |
Good Dent(s) |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Notes
Provenance : Prince Vladimir Orlov, given in 1920 by his wife, Tatiana, nee Princess Galitzine, daughter of Prince Dimitri Galitzine and Countess Helena Luders-Weymarn.