Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 317

JAEGER-LECOULTRE DESK CLOCK Jaeger-LeCoultre, No. 72931. Made circa 1940. Fine leather-covered wood, 8-day going desk clock. To be sold without reserve

C. Square, wood covered in red grained leather, rectangular sloping base, back with four screws, telescopic winding crown in the base. D. Brushed gilt with pierced baton hour indexes over leather to match the case. Blued steel skeleton baton hands. M. 43 mm., rhodium-plated, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed. Dim. 14 x 11.6 x 6.5 cm.