Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010
Longines Enamel & Pearls Numa Watch (Longines), Swiss, case No. 9047. Made in the antique Chinese market style in the 1970s. Very fine, 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set keyless pocket watch.
C. Three-body, Empire-style, bezel set with split-pearls, reeded band, the back cover decorated with a fine royal blue enamel ground over engine-turning, decorated with gold paillons in a snowflake design, split-pearl-set border. D. White lacquer with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, gold decoration. Gold cathedrale hands. M. Cal. 6497, 16???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Case signed Numa Watch. Diam. 43 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
| Grade: AA | Very good | 
| Case: 2 | Very good | 
| Movement: 2* | Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense | 
| Dial: 1-01 | As new HANDS Original |