Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 79

Pink Gold Master Compressor Geographic Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Compressor Geographic," Ref. 146.2.83, No. 0202. Made in 2003, sold September 24, 2004. Very fine, large, two-time-zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date, world time display with 24-time zones, AM/PM indication, 2 crowns and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and instruction manual.

C. Two-body, polished, case back with 4 screws and "Master Compressor" logo, concave and curved lugs, "Compressor Key" winding-crown at 2 for world-time setting and winding crown at 4 for winding and setting, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the date at 3 and the second time zone at 7, apertures for the AM/PM indication at 9 and the world time between 5 & 7. Luminous pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 923, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of an East Coast collector