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Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 107

Longines, Swiss, circa 1915. Very fine, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating watch.

C. four-body, ?bassine?, polished, gold hinged cuvette stamped with medals won at different exhibitions. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 43 mm (19 '''), rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensa-tion balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm.