Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 415

Pink Gold, ?Grande GMT? Jaeger LeCoultre, ?Reverso?, Ref. 240.2.18, case No. 2221822. Sold in 2004. Very fine and rare, world-time, rectangular, two time-zone, double-face, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with power reserve, day and night and GMT indications, date and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, massive, polished, reeded bezel, reversible. D. On one side, guilloché silver with black painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the ?night and day? and date. Blued steel ?épée? hands. On the other side, black with luminous Arabic numerals, on the 7, aperture for the GMT ?+ Est? or ?- Ouest? indication, on the 5, aperture for the day/night indication. By means of two rectangular buttons on the band, the hours may be adjusted. Luminous 'Lozenge' hands. M. M. Cal. 878, rhodium-plated, 8-day going, twin barrel, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.