8,125 CHF
LONGINES MINUTE-REPEATER Longines, Swiss, “Répétition à Minutes”, case No. 1693571. Made circa 1910. Fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by a Longines rosewood fitted box. Four-body, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the prize medals, glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. White enamel, black Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gilt Louis XV hands. 19’’’ 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, silent centrifugal governor. Dial, case and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13