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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 121

Power Reserve Jaeger LeCoultre, "Automatic", No. 762286, case No. 546546. Made in 1951. Fine, stainless steel, self-winding, waterresistant wristwatch with center seconds and power-reserve indication. To be sold without reserve

CHF 1,100 - 1,600

USD 900 - 1,400 / EUR 700 - 1,000

Sold: CHF 1,200

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back, shaped lugs. D. Two-tone matte silver and champagne with luminous Arabic numerals, inner minute track, aperture for the powerreserve. Luminous blued steel hands. M. Cal. 481, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, index regulator, buffered rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a European Gentleman


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 4-7-01

Fair

Oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

This was the first automatic watch with power reserve indication.