Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 256

Longines Caliber 30CH Gold FlyBack Chronograph Longines, movement No. 10039186, case No. 6595 6 56. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, antimagnetic wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dart pyramidal indexes and 12, 6 Arabic subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track, outer red telemeter scale and outermost blue tachometer scale. Blued steel alpha hands. M. Cal. 30CH, 13???, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement with gold anchor, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From the Collection of a Swiss Gentleman