Longines. A fine, rare and large 14K gold single button chronograph wristwatch

SIGNED LONGINES, NO. 5360898, MANUFACTURED IN 1937

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Longines. A fine, rare and large 14K gold single button chronograph wristwatch
Signed Longines, no. 5360898, manufactured in 1937
Cal. L 13 ZN gilt-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, gold cuvette, the gilt matte dial with Breguet numerals, blued steel moon-style hands, two subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minutes register, in large circular case with coin-edged band, wire lugs, hinged back with engraved presentation inscription, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
39 mm. diam.

Engraved

The engraved inscription on the back of the present watch reads

Nagroda Honorowa Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych
Jozefa Becka
Dla zwyciezcy w Konkursie Armii Zagranicznych w X Miedzynarodowych Oficjalnych Zawodach Konnych, Warszawa dn. 5 VI 1937

Honorable Prize from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jozef Beck for the winner of the foreign army competition of the 10th official equestrian games, Warsaw, 5 June 1937.

Lot Essay

According to the Archives of Longines the present watch was sold to Zipper, Poland, on 8 November 1937.

Jozef Beck (1894 - 1944) was Poland's foreign minister from 1932 to 1939. He attempted to maintain a non-threatening attitude toward both the Soviet Union and Germany while strengthening alliances with France and Romania. After the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Beck gained the disputed Teschen area for his country. On 6 April he signed an alliance with Great Britain, hence drawing Britain into World War II after the invasion of Poland by Germany in September of the same year. Beck and the rest of the Polish government were forced to withdraw from Poland and he spent the remainder of his days in Romania.

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