Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 16

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Memovox", Automatic. Produced in the 1950s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and yellow gold ?World Time? gentleman?s wristwatch with date, alarm and 2 crowns.

C. Two-body, polished, screwed-down stainless steel case back, the crown at 2 activates the centralrevolving alarm and World Time dial. D. Two-tone silver with applied gold indexes, at the center, revolvingalarm dial with the name of 24 cities in the world, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. K825, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, ?fausses côtes? decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.