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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 66

LeCoultre Co., Swiss, circa 1930.Fine and unusual stainless steel ?Staybrite?, keyless patented eight-day going dress watch with power reserve indication.

CHF 2,000 - 2,400

Sold: CHF 2,760

C. Two-piece, ?variée carrure plate?, polished.D. Black enamel with Breguet numerals, offset subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down aperture. White ?cathédrales? hands. M. 19???, three-quarter plate, gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 49 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 4

Fair

Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 6 - 01

Notes

An identical watch, signed Jaeger on the dial, was sold by Antiquorum on April 24, 1999, lot No. 321.Usually, the trademark ?Jaeger? was used for watches made for the French Market, while those made for the American Market were signed ?LeCoultre?.