Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 15, 2015

LOT 25

JAEGER-LECOULTRE EXTREME WORLD CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Compressor, Extreme World Chronograph," No. 2019, Ref. 150.8.22. Made circa 2005. Very fine, large, self-winding water-resistant, world-time stainless steel and titanium wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, 24-hour indication for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, date, integrated system for interchangeable bracelet and a stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre buckle.

Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with four screws, winding crown and chronograph buttons with twist-lock guards, crown at 10 for setting the world time dial, inclined bezel, sapphire crystal. Bicolor black and white with luminous dart indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, apertures for the date and the seconds, silver and white rotating 24-hour ring for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer world time dial marked with the names of 24 cities. Luminous steel alpha hands. Cal. 752, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 41 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorbers.