Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 144

JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 146.8.17, 1000 MASTER CONTROL HOURS, EIGHT DAYS, STEEL Jaeger-LeCoultre, Master Control - 1000 Hours, No. 0033, Ref. 146.8.17. Made in a limited edition of 50 pieces in circa 2005. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, 2 spring barrels, day/night indication, 8-day power reserve indication and a stainless steel Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, concave and curved lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white gold Arabic numerals, dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial, apertures for the day/night indication at 2 and the date at 7, sector for the 8-day power reserve at 10. Luminous white gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 877, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator, 2 spring barrels. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 11 mm.