Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 94

Longines ? Duo-Dial ? Super Solo Longines, No. 5219029. Made in the 1930s. Very fine, rare and elegant, rectangular curved, 14K yellow gold half hunting-cased duo-dial wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

c. Two-body, solid, polished, hinged case back decoratively monogrammed with intertwined initials HCI, faceted band, black enamel indexes for hours and minutes on the cover. D. Champagne, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 9.32, tonneau, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Provenance: The Arman Collection Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 20 x 37 mm. Thickness 7 mm.