Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 219

Jaeger-LeCoultre - Pink Gold - Master Minute Repeat er Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Minute Repeater, Antoine LeCoultre," No. 05/15, case No. 2402499, Ref. 151.2.67.S. Made in a limited edition of 15 pieces in 2008. Very fine and very rare, oversized, minute-repeating, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with 15-day power reserve and spring torque indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, loupe and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals on an anthracite outer reserve, sectors for the 15-day up-and-down and spring torque indications, large apertures to view movement details. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 947, ruthenium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 43 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, duo spring barrels, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm.