Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 302

Jaeger-LeCoultre White Gold & Malachite secret hours Jaeger-LeCoultre, movement No. 2221521, case No. 1483325, Ref. 4486 22. Made for the Arabian market in the 1990s. Very fine and unusual, 18K white gold wristwatch with concealed malachite dial and a stainless steel Jaeger- LeCoultre buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, straight lugs, hinged and sprung cover over the dial engraved with an Arabic medallion, the interior similarly engraved, release catch at 3, winding crown at 4, snap-on back, sapphire crystal. D. Malachite. White gold dauphine hands. M. 9???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, two shock absorbers, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.