9,375 CHF
Longines Minute-Repeater Longines, Swiss, “Répétition à Minutes”, case no. 1685228. Made circa 1910. Fine, large, minute-repeating, 18K gold, keyless pocket watch. accompanied by the original longines rosewood fitted box with external repeat lever. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, the back cover engraved with a foliate monogram. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the prize medals. White enamel, black Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 20’’’ frosted gilt, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band, centrifugal governor. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. diaM. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17