Lot no. 3116
3116. (25526573/22) Longines. A gilt metal open face keyless wind deck clock in wooden box with 36 hours power reserve Longines. A gilt metal open face keyless wind deck clock in wooden box with 36 hours power reserve Longines. Date: Circa 1942 Movement: Jewelled manual wind Dial: Silvered, power reserve indication at 12, signed Case: Brushed and polished round, in gimbals, No.6402995 Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 90mm - wooden box: 15,3cm x 15,3cm x 11cm The two tier case with solid top opening to reveal a printed and hand-written label The Ontario Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd, Ottowa, Canada, Longines Chronometer Watch #6402995 Mean daily rate -5.2s...rate 0.30s; Fange 1.2s, Duration of test 11 days 25/2/444, Test No.359, over a long hinge and raised dust lip to the edges, with a lock and key to the front. The 3 inch matte silvered dial with bold minute band framing the large Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and sector for power reserve marked in 6-hour increments to 36, good blued steel hands throughout. The signed and numbered keyless lever movement winding from an over-sized knurled crown above 12, with Geneva-stripe nickel finish, jewelled to the centre and with eccentric cam-type regulation to the cut and compensated bimetallic balance, protected by an exhibition bevelled glass back under a weighted screw-on bowl, held in locking gimbals. Not ticking.
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04/01/2025
Offered by BONHAMS CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR
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