Live Auction 1372Important Watches Including A CONNOISSEUR'S VISION PART II
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Lot 199

Longines. A large and unusual stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with central minute register

SIGNED LONGINES, REF. 23086, MOVEMENT NO. 6'940'707, CASE NO. 235, MANUFACTURED IN 1947

Closed10 May 2010

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Longines. A large and unusual stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with central minute register
Signed Longines, ref. 23086, movement no. 6'940'707, case no. 235, manufactured in 1947
Cal. 13 ZN nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, silvered dial, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous hands, outer ring calibrated for 60 seconds register and central hand, two sunk engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 12 hours register, circular water-resistant-type case, stepped bezel, screw back, two round chronograph buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
39.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Montres Longines Francillon SA, the present watch was sold to its agent in the U.S., Longines Wittnauer Watch Co. in New York, on 10 March 1947.

Other examples of reference 23086 are described and illustrated in Longines Watches by John Goldberger, pp. 212-217.