$2,750
LONGINES REF 7981/1 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Longines, Ref. 7981/1. Made circa 1960 Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, revolving graduated black bezel and a modern stainless steel Longines buckle. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screwed- down case back, bi-directionnal revolving black bezel with decompression times. Gloss black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer minute track with 5-minute radial Arabic numerals, outermost 1/5th second and tachometer graduations. Luminous hands. Cal. 335, based Valjoux 236, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-12-11