Longines – Mainliner Art Deco Driver - 14K yellow gold filed -1941 - Serviced

Beautiful collectible Longines Mainliner Art Deco Driver with round cream dial and gold batons marking each hour. Black inner ring for the minute. The Sub-dial for the seconds is at 6 o’clock. The hands are in gold with stick shape. This watch has an architectural caged skeleton track bezel case. It is a 14K yellow gold-filled case with engraved in the back “G to S 5-5-1941 – W 14K gold filled”. It comes with the Longines manual winding movement. The watch is serviced. Very collectable vintage timepiece.

History

Longines was born August 14, 1832 by a young man called Auguste Agassiz who became partner at “Comptoir Raiguel Jeune”, watch dealership in the Jura. After putting watches together mostly by watchmakers living in small farms, the comptoir sell them. The Co. becomes very prosperous. In 1847, the company changes the name for “Comptoir Agassiz & Co.” En 1866, the Co. buys a land called “Les Longines” to build production plant. One year later, the first watches “E. Francillon, Longines, Suisse” are introduced to the universal exhibition in Paris. In 1880, the company registered its patent as “Longines” and the famous trademark “the winged hourglass”. Then came the famous calibers, the 13.33Z, the 13ZN or the 30CH in 1947. The most memorable moment was the association with Charles A. Lindbergh who had flown his Spirit of Saint Louis across the Atlantic on May 27, 1927. Hour angle watch that made navigation easier for many a pilot on trans-oceanic flights was available from 1932. Longines was also the pioneer of electronic timekeeping.

Technical details

Longines manual winding movement.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 23mm


Length including lugs: 38mm