Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Mar 18, 2017

LOT 140

JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 142.8.92 MASTER CONTROL 1000 GEOGRAPHIQUE STEEL Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours, Geographic", No. 1860, Ref. 142.8.92.S. Made in the 2000's. Very fine, center- seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel "World Time" wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve, day and night indication and stainless steel Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a copy of an overhaul invoice from Les Ambassadeurs dated November 2016.

Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, glazed case back secured by 4 screws, a second crown at 10 to select the city of an additional time zone, sapphire crystals. Black with applied steel dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the second time zone, the days of the month and power-reserve indication, aperture for a bi-directional rotating disk with the names of the world`s major cities. Luminous steel dauphine hands. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 22K gold rotor segment, hack mechanism.