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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 109

Gold Black Dial Triple Calendar Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Triple Date Calendar,? No. 4046492, case No. 366697 A. Made in the 1950?s. Very fine and rare, 18k gold wristwatch with black dial and triple date calendar with a gold plated Jaeger LeCoultre buckle.

C. Two-body, polished, teardrop lugs, correctors on the fluted band, inner upper numbered 697. D. Black with applied gold faceted triangular indexes and Arabic numerals for the quarters, apertures for the days of the week, the months, subsidiary seconds dial, white outer ring with the days of the month in blue painted Arabic numerals, outermost painted gold minute track with luminescent dot hour markers. Gold luminescent dauphine hands, red tipped steel date indicator hand. M. Cal. P 494/A, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-protected, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.