Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 577

Jaeger-LeCoultre Ref. 1468.17 Master Control Hours Eight Days Steel Jaeger-LeCoultre, Master Control - 1000 Hours, No. 0018, No. 05/88, Ref. 146.8.17. Made in a limited edition of 88 pieces circa 2005 for the Hour Glass Japan. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, 2 spring barrels, day/ night indication, 8-day power reserve indication and a stainless steel Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Jaeger-LeCoultre box and certificate and booklet.

C. Two-body, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, concave and curved lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial, apertures for the day, night indication at 2 sector for the 8-day power reserve on the movement side. Luminous white gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 877, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator, 2 spring barrels and with a 8 day power reserve indicator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Property of a Japanese Collector