Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 124

Quartermaster LeCoultre, ?Quartermaster?, movement No. 1328141, case No. 3631749, Ref. 2405. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, unusual, indirect center seconds, water-resistant, anti-magnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hour dial. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, lapidated lugs. D. Matte silver with 24 hour graduation, applied steel Arabic numerals and dart indexes, luminous dots, outer minute track. Steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. K 831/CW, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with regulating screws, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.