Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Dec 11, 2013
LONGINES EQUESTRIAN NIELLO STERLING SILVER & GOLD Longines, No. 4571919. Made circa 1930. Fine and rare, sterling silver, gold, and niello decorated keyless pocket watch,
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Three-body, hinged case back niello-finished horse and rider within a landscape, band decoratedwith floral and leaf pattern. Matte silver with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Cathedral hands. Cal. 18.79 N, 16 ½''', rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator.
Grading System | |
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |