Antique Longines Pocket Watch, 1907

Antique Longines pocket watch, 1907.

The watch has a Longines calibre 18.79 stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is signed with the name of the original retailer, Shreve & Co of San Francisco, a high end jeweller and the only one to survive the San Francisco earth quake of 1906. The movement also carries the serial number 2,053,518 which dates it back to 1907 and the Swiss patent 16831, filed in 1898 by Charles Brisebard of Besançon, for a two section regulator.

The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover which has some unevenness.

The watch measures 45mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is 935 silver and the inside of the case back is signed Shreve & Co. There are lots of scratches inside the case back. The outside of the case is in good condition, some unevenness to the back but not too detrimental. Ornate initials to the back of the watch.

The acrylic lens is in good condition.

The signed dial is in good condition, the ornate hands are probably period replacements, and different shades of gold.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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