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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 19

"Perpetual Calendar" 22 Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours", case No. 252, Ref 140.8.80.S. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and elegant, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication, moon phases and an stainless steel Jaeger- LeCoultre buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

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 steel 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 red and white warning to prevent date change at certain hours. Steel "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 889/440/2, rhodium-plated, "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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.