Lot 238
  • 238

Novelty clock, Longines, 1960s

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • LONGINES
  • gold, metal, enamel
Designed as a functioning roulette wheel, the central dial spins freely, the obverse set with numbers ranging 0 to 36, applied with red and black enamel, the reverse similarly set with numbers ranging from 1 to 9, the dial with baton and Arabic numerals, subsidiary dial with constant seconds at 6 o'clock, dial and movement signed Longines.

Condition

Movement running when wound at the time of cataloguing. Please note that it was not tested for the accuracy of time or duration of the power reserve and may need service at the buyer's discretion. Please note that Sotheby's does not guarantee the future working of the movement. Stamped 14K for 14 carat gold. Dial signed Longines. Dial and hands in good condition, some marking throughout and to subsidiary seconds. Enamel in good condition. Case with scuffs throughout, scratch to front at 18 and denting to the outermost edge at 11, some loss of enamel to the front at 20, 5, 27 and 4. Roulette wheel turning freely on bearings.
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