Longines Pocket Watch and Chain, Cuervo Y Sobrinos

Longines pocket watch and chain, Cuervo Y Sobrinos.

The watch has a stem-winding movement, calibre 18.79, which is working nicely. The movement is signed with the Longines name and the serial number 1,976,077 dates it back to 1907. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The watch measures 47mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is gold plated and it is in lovely condition.

The lens is in good condition.

The dial is signed Longines, Cuervo Y Sobrinos, Unicos Importadores. There are some short very faint hairline cracks towards the bottom of the dial. Breguet style hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

Cuervo Y Sobrinos was founded in Cuba in 1882 by Don Ramon and the company went on to become the most successful jeweller and watch maker of the Latin world. Pieces signed with the Cuervo Y Sobrinos name became so sought after that well known watch companies such as Rolex, Vacheron and Longines (as we have here) began producing watches to be sold in Don Ramon's shops.

Cuervo Y Sobrinos translates as Cuervo & Nephews as the business passed down through the family, and the company expanded with concerns in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Germany and North America. It was said that Clark Gable, Ernest Hemmingway and Winston C hurchill were all customers.

In the 1950s, with the advent of the Cuban revolution, the Cuervo familyhad to flee their shop taking only what they could carry. Their shop was locked up with the stock in locked steel vaults, and it was to remain this way for the next 40 years. In 1997, an Italian entrepreneur gained access to the vaults and the result was a relaunch of the Cuervo name with designs based on the findings of the safe contents.

The watch comes with a single chain, 29cm long including the clasps.

The watch and chain will be sent in a new presentation box.

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