$1,003
Longines, "Chronografo Contador", Swiss, No. 3790675. Made in the 1920s. Fine, keyless, sterling silver pocket watch with chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register and pulsometer. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, engine-turned case back with monogram, hinged cuvette engraved with various Longines "Grand Prix" award medals. White enamel with bold painted Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph divisions, outermost pulsometer graduation to 30 pulsations, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Blued steel "spade" hands. Cal. 19.73N, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-03-15