Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 18

Longines - Ref. 7042 - Diver?s Watch Longines, Swiss, movement No. 10963643, Ref.7042-3. Made in 1964. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with inner revolving graduated disc.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with embossed scuba-diver emblem, crown at 2 to rotate the inner bezel. D. Black with luminous baton indexes and quarter Arabic numerals, minute track, outer revolving disc for the decompression times with silvered minute dot indexes, baton five minutes and Arabic quarters. Luminous steel baton minute and arrow hour hands. M. Cal. 19 AS, rhodium plated, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.