Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 244

JAEGER LECOULTRE ODYSSEUS PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Jaeger LeCoultre, "Odysseus Perpetuel", Ref. 170.7.80 No. 0373. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Jaeger LeCoultre buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished, case back with screws, rounded band, stepped bezel with two pink gold bracket-shaped lateral elements, stepped lugs, sapphire crystal. Off-white synthetic enamel with applied yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, sunk subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the 24 hours, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases and the year in two digits. Pink gold baton hands. Cal. 889/1/440, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 50 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. 21K gold rotor segment.