empressissi™ is pleased to offer this all original, unique and impressive Art Deco top class LONGINES open face pocket watch from the mid 20s, with a rare movement and thick 18K solid gold case.
This watch is part of a large and mostly impressive pocket watch collection of an IAF pilot veteran that we are pleased to offer for sale in our website. An earlier portion of this collection was serviced by us in 2016 and auctioned at Christie's Geneve. We are now pleased to offer the substantial second part of this pocket watch collection for sale; these include repeaters, chronographs, Hunter-cases (Savonettes) and open faces antique pocket watches, most complex and interesting antique Swiss pocket watches, as well as American pocket watches of the finest standards.
The watch houses an early Longines 15.89M rare manual wind/crown set caliber, in overall excellent condition, running strong and keeping accurate time with sub seconds on 16 jewels. The movement is cased in a large fully hallmarked and original 18K all solid gold heavy gauge case in distinctive Art Deco decorations and hexagon shape with net weight of 38 grams.
The dial is a factory original hard enamel print over Sterling silver and in rare well preserved condition. It comes with the original set of classic hands.
This one of a kind Longines pocket watch measures 46mm side to side (excluding crown).
Stock item: AZ16
