Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 278

JAEGER LECOULTRE GEOGRAPHIQUE PLATINUM GIFTED BY JANET JACKSON Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Géographique Automatique," No. 0240, Ref. 169.6.92. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, "World Time," center-seconds, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with 24 hour dial, date, 45 hour power. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws, stepped bezel and lugs, sapphire crystal. Engraved on caseback "RENE I WOULD SOONER GROW OLD ALL ALONE THAN TO EVER HAVE ANOTHER LOVER I LOVE YOU JANET". Two-tone silver with applied white 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, 36jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.