Important Collectors’ Wristwatches an...

Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 159

Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Chronograph". Made in the 1960s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Three-body, polished, triangular lugs, screwed-down case back, graduated black bezel. D. Bicolor black and silver with tritium-coated indexes, outer tachometer graduation, ?guilloché? subsidiary silver dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 72, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.