The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 237

Geographic Jaeger LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours Geographic", case No. 1796, Ref. 142.2.92. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, world-time, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with two crowns, second-time-zone, date, day and night indication, powerreserve indication and an 18K pink gold deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, hinged case back over a transparent further back with four screws, concave lugs, crown at 10 for adjusting the world-time, crown at 3 for hand setting and independent adjustment of the second-time-zone hour hand, sapphire crystals. D. Twotone silver with applied pink gold dart indexes, outer minute and seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the second time zone, the days of the month, sector for the power-reserve indication, apertures for the showing the outer revolving disc bearing the names of 23 cities in the world and the day and night indication. Luminous pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to six positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, ballbearing central rotor with 22K gold segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.