A gentleman’s stainless steel watch head by Longines, 1940s, the signed cream dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, sweep seconds hand, outer chapter ring, to brushed steel bezel, reverse of case numbered ‘22488 55’, the inside back case stamped ‘LONGINES ACIER INOX’, the jewelled manual wind movement signed and with serial number ‘6618789’, together with Extract from the Archives, and watch back opening tool, diameter of watch head 33mm. £300-£400

The Extract from the Archives, dated 30 September 2020, Saint-Imier, confirms serial number 6’618’789, bearing order number ‘22488’, calibre 10.68N, invoiced on 20 April 1944 to the company Jonsson, (at that time, Longines’ agent for Iceland).