Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 261

Jaeger Lecoultre - Steel Extreme World Chronograph Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Compressor - Extreme World Chronograph", case No. 2491126, Ref. 150.6.22. Made in circa 2005. Very fine and rare, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, world time, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, 24-hour indication for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, date, integrated system for interchangeable bracelet and a stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee, instruction booklet and spare rubber strap with steel buckle.

c. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, winding crown and chronograph buttons with twist-lock guards, crown at 10 to set the world time dial, inclined bezel, domed sapphire crystal. d. Black with luminous dart indexes and Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, apertures for the date and the seconds, silver and white rotating 24- hour ring for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer world time dial marked with the names of 24 cities. Luminous alpha hands. M. Cal. 752, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 41 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 15 mm.