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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 95

Longines, ?Weems Chronograph?, "Automatic", No. 2699, Ref 6745251. Made in limited edition for Swiss Air in the 1990s. Sold in 1994. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, day/date and a stainless steel Longines buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting instructions and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back, ballshaped winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, apertures for the day and date, outer tachometer scale. Blued steel ?feuille? hands. M. Cal. L. 674.5, based on Valjoux 7750, rhodium-plated, "oeilde- perdrix" decoration, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial case, and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.