Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 424

JAEGER LeCOULTRE MASTER COMPRESSOR MEMOVOX 1000 HOURS Jaeger-LeCoultre, No. 4145, Ref. 146.8.97/1. Made circa 2003. Very fine, large, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with mechanical alarm, date, three crowns and a stainless steel Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws and the applied Master Compressor 1000 hours logo, concave and curved lugs, alarm winding crown at 2, time-setting and winding crown at 4, both with "Compressor Key", crown at 10 for the revolving dive timing, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied luminous Arabic numerals and dart indexes, outer revolving disc for the dive time, apertures for the alarm indication and date. Luminous steel alpha hands. M. Cal. 918, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 16 mm. From The Arman Collection