Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 277

Jaeger-LeCoultre Chronograph Jaeger-LeCoultre Chronograph, Ref. E 2644. Made in the late 1960?s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, tachometer and registers.

C. Two-body, polished, screwed-down case back, lapidated lugs. D. Bicolor blue and black with applied steel round and blue inlay indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12- hour registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, blued steel flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm.