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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 15

Longines, Swiss, made for the South American Market, circa 1900.Fine 18K pink gold hunting-cased, keyless minute repeating watch with chronograph.

C. Four-body, massive, ?bassine?, polished, the back chased with a lion standing in a landscape at sunset.A dedication dated December 18, 1965, engraved inside the cover. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with medals awarded at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes and chronograph rings and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 21???, nickel plated, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Chronograph with visible work and push piece in the bnd.Signed on the dial and cuvette.Diam. 57 mm.