Longines. A lot of two rare and historically interesting silver timepieces, comprising one oversized hour angle Aviator's wristwatch with indirect sweep centre seconds and one openface keyless lever chronograph watch, the wristwatch reputably presented to Air Marshal Italo Balbo by Charles Lindbergh, the chronograph watch by Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey
SIGNED LONGINES, LINDBERGH MODEL, MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 5272672, MANUFACTURED IN 1935, AND LONGINES, MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 2980509, MANUFACTURED IN 1927
Longines. A lot of two rare and historically interesting silver timepieces, comprising one oversized hour angle Aviator's wristwatch with indirect sweep centre seconds and one openface keyless lever chronograph watch, the wristwatch reputably presented to Air Marshal Italo Balbo by Charles Lindbergh, the chronograph watch by Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey Signed Longines, Lindbergh model, movement and case no. 5272672, manufactured in 1935, and Longines, movement and case no. 2980509, manufactured in 1927 The wristwatch cal. 18.69N nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, hinged cuvette, white enamel dial, black Roman numerals, inner scale calibrated for 180 degrees with Arabic numerals, inner silvered rotating disc calibrated for 60 seconds and 15 degrees, blued steel moon-style hands, blued steel indirect sweep centre seconds hand, large circular case, revolving bezel calibrated for 15 degrees in inlaid green enamel and subdivisions in black enamel, hinged back, large ball-form crown,; the openface chronograph watch cal. 19.73N nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, hinged cuvette, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, two subsidiary dials indicating 30 minutes register and constant seconds, circular case, hinged back engraved To His Excellency General Balbo in appreciation of his splendid friendship from Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A. Yancey , encircled by inscription Used to navigate the pathfinder from Old Orchard to Rome , chronograph button in the crown, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed 47 mm. & 52 mm. diams. (2)
Longines. A lot of two rare and historically interesting silver timepieces, comprising one oversized hour angle Aviator's wristwatch with indirect sweep centre seconds and one openface keyless lever chronograph watch, the wristwatch reputably presented to Air Marshal Italo Balbo by Charles Lindbergh, the chronograph watch by Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey
SIGNED LONGINES, LINDBERGH MODEL, MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 5272672, MANUFACTURED IN 1935, AND LONGINES, MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 2980509, MANUFACTURED IN 1927
Longines. A lot of two rare and historically interesting silver timepieces, comprising one oversized hour angle Aviator's wristwatch with indirect sweep centre seconds and one openface keyless lever chronograph watch, the wristwatch reputably presented to Air Marshal Italo Balbo by Charles Lindbergh, the chronograph watch by Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey Signed Longines, Lindbergh model, movement and case no. 5272672, manufactured in 1935, and Longines, movement and case no. 2980509, manufactured in 1927 The wristwatch cal. 18.69N nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, hinged cuvette, white enamel dial, black Roman numerals, inner scale calibrated for 180 degrees with Arabic numerals, inner silvered rotating disc calibrated for 60 seconds and 15 degrees, blued steel moon-style hands, blued steel indirect sweep centre seconds hand, large circular case, revolving bezel calibrated for 15 degrees in inlaid green enamel and subdivisions in black enamel, hinged back, large ball-form crown,; the openface chronograph watch cal. 19.73N nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, hinged cuvette, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, two subsidiary dials indicating 30 minutes register and constant seconds, circular case, hinged back engraved To His Excellency General Balbo in appreciation of his splendid friendship from Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A. Yancey , encircled by inscription Used to navigate the pathfinder from Old Orchard to Rome , chronograph button in the crown, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed 47 mm. & 52 mm. diams. (2)
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