Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 184

"Master Control" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours, Géographique", No. 0036, Ref. 142.3.92. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, "World Time", center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve sector, day and night indication and an 18K white gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a manual.

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, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with applied white gold dart indexes, 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. White gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 22K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.