56,640 HKD
“Minute Repeating Chronograph” Longines, Swiss, “Répétition à Minutes Chronographe”, No. 31966. Made for the Hispanic market, circa 1905. Very fine, 18K pink gold, keyless minute-repeating pocket watch with chronograph. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the inside back cover with engraved dedication. Gold hinged cuvette engraved with medals awarded at the Grand Prix Paris, 1900. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, extreme outer seconds track with fifth of a second divisions and Arabic five second numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Spade" hands. 20’’’, rhodium plated, 27 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, patented silent centrifugal governor. Dial and case signed. Diam. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
