Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 08, 2011

LOT 269

LECOULTRE ? 8 DAY POWER RESERVE LeCoultre, Swiss, 14842, case No. 65917, made circa 1940. Fine and very rare 18K yellow gold pocket watch with 8 day power reserve and digit reserve indicator.

USD 4,000 - 6,000

CHF 3,500 - 5,200 / EUR 2,700 - 4,000

C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished, sloped bezel. D. Silvered with applied gold Breguet numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds at 9 o'clock, digital power reserve aperture at 6. Yellow gold Breguet hands. M. 19 ¼''', rhodium plated, 15 jewels, ¾ plate, engine turned decoration, large barrel, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

This unusual example of a LeCoultre 8-day running pocket watch was undoubtedly made for the United States market; however it features the fine finishing of a Swiss market watch with a rhodium-plated movement and engine tuning on the ¾ plate. The digital power reserve aperture changes semi-instantaneously to display the power reserve in day format, 1-8 with a red dot when exhausted