Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 214

JAEGER-LECOULTRE, REF 600.0.28s, DUOMÈTRE CHRONOGRAPHE PINk GOLD This is the first example of the Duometre in pink gold to appear at auction at Antiquorum. Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Duomètre à Chronographe?, case No. 2460359, Ref 600.2.28s. Made in a limited edition, sold on December 24th, 2008. Very fine, large, water-resistant, manual-wound, center-seconds, 18k pink gold wristwatch with rectangular single button chronograph, foudroyante at 1/6 second, progressive hour and minute chronograph hands, digital minute register, two independent power-reserve indication and an 18k pink gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, loupe, Certificate of Guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs, transparent back secured with four screws, sapphire crystals. D. Cream, off-center with applied pink gold Arabic quarter numerals and painted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the progressive hour and minute register with inner aperture for the digital minute register, and for the foudroyante at 6, sectors for the mean time power reserve at 7 and for the chronograph power reserve at 5. Pink gold feuille hands for the mean time and blued steel hands for the chronograph. M. Cal. 380, rhodium-plated, hand-decorated with sunray decoration, duo spring barrels, blued steel screws, 49 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. DiAM. 42 mm. THiCkNEss 14 mm.