Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 15, 2015

LOT 55

JAEGER-LECOULTRE GEOGRAPHIQUE YELLOW GOLD Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Géographique Automatique," No. 0118, Ref. 169.1.92. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, World-Time, center-seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18k yellow gold wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve, day and night indication and an 18k yellow gold Jaeger- LeCoultre buckle. Accompanied by a Jaeger-LeCoultre box.

Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws, stepped bezel and lugs, sapphire crystal. Two-tone matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the adjustable second time zone and the date, 24-hour indication, power reserve indicator sector at 10, revolving disc with the names of 23 major cities in the world on the outer rim at 12. The crown at 3 is to set the time for the 2 different time zones, the one at 10 is to select another city. Blued steel luminous épée hands. Cal. 929, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 36 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.