Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 19

JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 146.2.95 GRANDE MEMOVOX PINK GOLD Jaeger-LeCoultre, Grande Memovox, Master Control, 1000 hours, Automatic, No. 0963, Ref. 146.2.95. Made in the early 2000s. Very fine, large, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, mechanical alarm on a bronze bell, 24-hour indication, two crowns and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screw with embossed logo, inclined bezel, concave and curved lugs, alarm winding crown at 2, time-setting and winding-crown at 4 and push button for quick adjustment of the calendar at 8. D. Two-tone silver with applied faceted pink gold dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the 24 hours in black and red Arabic numerals, apertures for the leap year in two digits between 12 and the 1, and for the moon phases at 6, outer second/minute divisions, outermost graduation for setting the alarm time. Luminous pink 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, self-compensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15.5 mm.