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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 393

"Master Control 1000 Hours" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours", movement No. 2971041, case No. 108.05.001, Ref 140.2.80.S, No. 303. Sold in 2001. Very fine and elegant, astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a blank certificate of warranty.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back secured by 4 screws, inclined bezel fixed by 4 screws, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied pink gold dart and luminous dot indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the days of the week, the months, sector for the age of the moon and aperture for the moon phases, aperture for the leap year and 24 hours "night and day" indication. Luminous pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 889/440/2, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 50 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 22 K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm. Property of an Indonesian Collector