7,920 CHF
Yellow Gold Chronographe Compteur Longines, No. 4746179. Made circa 1920. Fine and rare, early, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with single button chronograph, 100 and 1000 metres tachometer graduations, register and an 18K gold “grain de riz” bracelet with deployant clasp. Four-body, polished, curved bezel and band, hinged single lugs, hinged back. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with painted black Breguet numerals, outer minutes and concentric fifths of a second track, painted red 24-hour numerals, outer red tachometer scale for 100 meters, outermost blue and black painted tachometer for 1000 meters. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 13.33, frosted gilt, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
