Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 133

Longines Enamel & Pearls Numa Watch (Longines), Swiss, case No. 9047. Made in the antique Chinese market style in the 1970s. Very fine, 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set keyless pocket watch.

HKD 17,000 - 23,000

USD 2,100 - 3,000 / EUR 1,700 - 2,500

Sold: HKD 37,200

C. Three-body, Empire-style, bezel set with split-pearls, reeded band, the back cover decorated with a fine royal blue enamel ground over engine-turning, decorated with gold paillons in a snowflake design, split-pearl-set border. D. White lacquer with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, gold decoration. Gold cathedrale hands. M. Cal. 6497, 16???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Case signed Numa Watch. Diam. 43 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch is an homage to the watches made in Switzerland for export to China in the first half of the 19th century.