Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 17

Jaeger-LeCoultre - Steel - Triple Date - Master Control Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control- 1000 Hours ? Automatic," No. 8170, Ref. 140.8.87. Made circa 2002. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with triple date and a stainless steel Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, polished, case back with 4 screws and the applied Master Control 1000 hours logo, concave lugs, date corrector buttons on the band, sapphire crystal. D. Silver with applied white gold dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, apertures for the days of the week and the months, outer graduation for the date. Luminous steel dauphine hands, half moon-shaped red indicator for the date. M. Cal. 891/447, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.