Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 214

Yellow Gold Mémovox Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Mémovox", Automatic, movement No. 1315007, case No. 752785. Made in the 1950s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold ?World Time? wristwatch with date, alarm and two crowns.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, the crown at 2 o'clock is for winding and setting the alarm and world time disc, the one on the 4 winds the watch. D. Two tone silver with applied yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, revolving alarm disc in the center, and aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. K825, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, bumper rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of Various Owners