Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 236

JAEGER LECOULTRE GRANDE MEMOVOX, PLATINUM Jaeger LeCoultre, ?Automatique Master Control, 1000 hours Grande Memovox ", No. 161/250, Ref. 146.6.95. Made in a limited edition of 250 examples in 2003. Very fine, large, heavy, center-seconds, self-winding, water resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, mechanical alarm on bronze bell, 24 hour indication, two crowns and a platinum Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave and curved lugs, inclined bezel, alarm winding crown at 2, time-setting and winding-crown at 4 and push button for quick adjustment of the calendar at 8, case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Satiné blue with applied white gold dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the 24 hours in whitw and red Arabic numerals, apertures for the leap year in two digits between the 12 and the 1, and for the moon phases at 6, outer minutes/seconds divisions. Luminous white gold alpha hands, red tipped arrow hand for the alarm. M. Cal. 909- 440, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 4 adjustments, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm.