Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 17

Yellow Gold "Memovox" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Memovox?, Automatic, No. 2100645, case No. 1057783, Ref. 855. Made in the late 1960s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding ?Bumper?, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with alarm, date and 2 crowns.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screweddown ring on the case back, engraved ?René Simon? (1941-1966), the crown at 2 o'clock activates the central revolving alarm dial, the one at 4 o'clock is for time-setting and winding. D. Two-tone silver with luminous dots and applied gold faceted indexes, at the center, revolving alarm dial. Luminous yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. K825, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, ?bumper? rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.