Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 178

LECOULTRE CHRONOGRAPH CLAW LUGS YELLOW GOLD LeCoultre, case No. 204228. Made in 1971. Fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed- down case back engraved, anti-magnetic protection cap, rounded bezel, claw lugs. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold round indexes and Arabic, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. Val. 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.