Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...

Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 225

Pink Gold Grande Memovox Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Grande Memovox, Master Control, 1000 hours," No. 0344, Ref. 146.2.95. Made circa 2000. Very fine, large, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, mechanical alarm on a bronze bell, 24-hour indication, two crowns and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, inclined bezel, concave and curved lugs, alarm winding crown at 2, time-setting and winding-crown at 4 and push button for quick adjustment of the calendar at 8. D. Two-tone silver with applied faceted yellow gold dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the 24 hours in black and red Arabic numerals, apertures for the leap year in two digits between the 12 and the 1, and for the moon phases at 6, outer 1/5th seconds graduation. Luminous polished and matte pink gold alpha hands, red tipped arrow hand for the alarm. M. Cal. 909- 440, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 4 adjustments, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm.