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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 153

Jaeger-LeCoultre ?Odysseus?, No. 179, Ref. 166.7.84. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow and pink gold wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and lunar calendar.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, bicolored, case back with screws, rounded band with three correctors, stepped bezel with two pink gold bracket-shaped lateral elements, stepped lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied black indexes, the days of the month in black and red painted Arabic numerals, outer seconds scale in blue indexes, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Black épée hands, gold baton hand with a crescent for the date. M. Cal. 888, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 6 adjusments, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Property of a European Gentleman