Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 138

Yellow Gold Mémovox Jaeger LeCoultre, "Mémovox," No. 760780, case No. 547302. Made in the 1950s. Fine, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with alarm and two crowns. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, the crown at 2 is for winding and setting the alarm, the one at 4 winds the watch. D. Bicolor black and champagne with applied yellow gold dart indexes and Arabic 12, at the center, revolving alarm disc. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. P489/1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.