Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 13

LONGINES REF. L2.613/614/615 SET OF THREE "HISTORY OF A LEGEND" STEEL Longines set of 3 wristwatches, No. 0893/1000. Made in 1997 to mark the 130th anniversary of the company's founding and the 165th anniversary of their horological activity. Produced in a limited edition of 1000 sets. Sold January 15, 1998. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box, certificate, guarantee, Chronometer certificate, note book and instruction booklets. A) Longines, Ref. L2.613.4 Automatic, "Chronometer," Officially Certified, No. 0893/1000. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water- resistant, stainless steel Chronometer wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Longines buckle. B) Longines, Ref. L2.615.4 Automatic, "Chronograph," No. 0893/1000. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Longines buckle. C) Longines, Ref. L2.614.4 Automatic, "World Time," No. 0893/1000. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with World Time system, date and a stainless steel Longines buckle.

A) Three-body, polished, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Textured white with painted Arabic numerals and 1/5th second graduation, aperture for the date. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 622.2, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. B) Three-body, polished, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Textured white with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 667.2, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. C) Two-body, polished, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. Textured white with painted Arabic numerals, outer ring dial bearing the names of 24 cities of the world, concentric, revolving dial in 24 hours, aperture for the date. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 635.4, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.