Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company of Longines is intertwined with the heritage of Swiss Made mechanical timepieces. The company was famous in the early half of the 20th century for creating extremely usable tool timepieces, such as the present lot.
The case is 44mm in diameter, a “large size” for today’s standards but simply massive for the time period. The large case size and numerals can most likely be attributed to the need for further readability. The large numerals at the outside dial combined with the red inner numerals on the dial suggest that this timepiece was intended for a pilot or aviator who needed the larger numerals in order to see in any situation.

According to the Extract from the Archives, the present watch is fitted with the Longines Caliber 17.26 and invoiced to the company's Polish retailer, Zipper, on February 23rd 1935.

The present lot is illustrated in Longines-Legendary Watches by John Goldberger, p234-235.