Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 15

?Master Géographique? Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours, Géographique", Ref. 142.3.92. Made in the late 1990?s. Very fine, "World Time", center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless-steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve, day and night indication and a stainless-steel Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, hinged cover over transparent case back with 4 screws, a second crown at 10 to select the city of an additional time zone. D. Black with applied stainless-steel dart indexes, ?guilloché? subsidiary dials for the second time zone, the days of the month and the up-and-down indication, aperture for a bi-directional rotating disk with the names of the main cities of the world. Stainless-steel "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 22K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.