Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 242

Jaeger-LeCoultre Automatic Power Reserve Jaeger-LeCoultre, Automatic, No. 886759, case No. 592926. Made in the 1950's. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with 40-hour power reserve indication. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied steel Breguet numerals and dart indexes, inner minute/seconds track, aperture for the up-and-down indication at 12. Luminous steel alpha hands. M. Cal. 481, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.