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Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

LOT 255

Longines, "Lindbergh Spirit Chronograph". Produced in a special edition in the 1990's. Fine, hour angle, stainless steel avia-tor's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day/date and a stainless steel Longines bracelet and clasp. Accompanied by an additional leather strap with buckle, a Lindbergh style leather pilot-hat, a scale to cal-culate longitude using the watch, a map, a fitted blue box bearing a deco-rated metal plate with Lindbergh and the Spirit of St-Louis, and a certificate.

C. three-body, polished, revolving bezel with the 15 degrees graduations in Ara-bic numerals, graduated rounded band. D. off-white with Roman numerals for the 12 hours, concentric 180 degrees, circular center graduation in 15 degrees in Arabic numerals, auxiliary "guilloché" silver dials for the seconds, the 30 mi-nute and 12 hour registers, apertures for the day and date. 'Helicoidal' steel hands. M. Cal. L. 674.8, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 25 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic ba-lance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.