Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 132

Yellow Gold Minute Repeater Swiss, probably Jaeger-LeCoultre (JL), No. 22720. Made in the early 1900s. Fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch.

USD 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 1,000 - 1,700

Sold: USD 4,484

C. Four-body, bassine, solid, reeded band, hinged bezel and case back. D. White enamel with painted fancy Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold Louis XVI hands. M. Cal. 17???, rhodiumplated, fausses côtes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Movement signed ?Swiss?, case and movement numbered. Diam. 48 mm. Property of Various Owners


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original