The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 263

Master World Geographic Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours World Geographic". No. 464/500, Ref. 146.2.32.S. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces Sold on November 19, 2007. Very fine and unusual, large, two-time-zone, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date, world time display with 24-hour and day and night indication, power-reserve indication, 2 crowns and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, concave and curved lugs, winding-crown at 2 for world time setting and winding crown at 4 for winding and setting the independently adjustable second-time-zone hand and 24-hour dial, sapphire crystal. D. Satine silver with applied pink gold dart indexes, luminous dots, Arabic quarter-hour numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials for the date at 3 and the second time zone at 7, power-reserve sector at 10, outer rotating 24-hour and day and night ring, outermost inclined reserve with the names of 24 world cities. Frosted and polished pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 936, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.