Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 6

Jaeger-LeCoultre Black Caravelle Marina Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos,? Ref. 5804. Made in the 1970s. Fine rectangular gilt brass and Perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?maritime? panels, wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt caravelles and mountain views, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. White with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. M. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm.