23,000 HKD
Longines, Super Solo, 1930’s. Very fine and elegant, rectangular, Duo-Dial, 14K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 14K yellow gold buckle. two-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, black graduation with indexes for the hours and for the minutes on the bezel. champagne. “Bâton” blued steel hands. 9’’’, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 20 x 37 mm. Notes A similar watch, created by Longines for sportsmen, is illustrated by Alfred Chapuis & Eugène Jaquet, in Histoire et Technique deLa Montre Suisse, Edition Urs Graf, Bâle & Olten, 1945, pl. 154.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
