14,375 CHF
Longines "Chronographe-Compteur", No. 4223723. Produced circa 1927. Fine and interesting 18K yellow gold gentleman's chronograph wristwatch with coaxial single button on the crown and register. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged and dedicated case back, 18K yellow gold cuvette, rounded bezel, straight lugs. Matte silver with radium-coated Arabic numerals, subsidiary sunk second and 30-minute register dials, outer fifths of second scale. Radium-coated "Skeleton" hands. Cal. 1333, gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chrongraph.Dial, case and movement signed.Engraved on the case back: "A. WITTNAUER CO. - THIS WATCH WAS BROUGHT BY J. HEINMULLER FROM LONGINES FACTORY TO COMPARE ALL LONGINES TIMEPIECES OF MISS COLUMBIA AEROPLANE - BERLIN -COTTBUS - JUNE 7TH. 1927".Diam. 35 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-10-24