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LONGINES. RARE MONTRE BRACELET EN ARGENT (925) DE FORME RECTANGULAIRE ET ELECTRONIQUE DESSINE PAR SERGE MANZON
LONGINES. A RARE AND UNUSUAL ELECTRONIC SILVER HEAVY RECTANGULAR WRISTWATCH DESIGNED BY SERGE MANZON Ref: 4/10, 5014 1, 1973

3 – 4 February 2022, 10:00 CET
Paris, The Grand Palais Historique

€1,000 - €1,500

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LONGINES. RARE MONTRE BRACELET EN ARGENT (925) DE FORME RECTANGULAIRE ET ELECTRONIQUE DESSINE PAR SERGE MANZON

LONGINES. A RARE AND UNUSUAL ELECTRONIC SILVER HEAVY RECTANGULAR WRISTWATCH DESIGNED BY SERGE MANZON
Reference: 4/10, 5014 1
Date: 1973
Movement: Unusual electronic Cal.7102 with balance wheel
Dial: Smoked silver, lined into quarter hour sectors, silvered baton hands
Case: Heavy rectangular with offset square pivoted lugs, screwed down back, No.16807885
Strap/Bracelet: Brown alligator leather
Buckle/Clasp: Heavy silver square buckle
Signed: Case, dial and movement
Size: 40mm x 20mm - Weight: 79,50gr

Footnotes

Serge Manzon (1930-1989) was a post war contemporary artist whose worked spanned sculptures, furniture and lamp design, jewellery and watches. Longines employed him to design a series of avant-garde watches that they followed with heavy advertising. The present watch is one of Longines first Electronic watches using a magnet to pulse a more traditional watch balance. A huge advance in watch technology which was itself quickly replaced with Quartz.

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