Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 16

Jaeger-LeCoultre - steel Master Geographique Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours ? Géographique," No. 8404, Ref. 142.8.92. Sold on November 1st, 2004. Very fine, "World Time," center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve, day and night indication and a stainless steel Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, case back secured by 4 screws and the applied Master Control 1000 hours logo, the crown at 10 is to rotate the city disc for the second time zone, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied steel dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the second time zone at 6, the days of the month at 2 and the up-and-down indication at 10, aperture for a bi-directional rotating disc with the names of the world?s major cities. Luminous steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 22K gold rotor segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.