Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 160

Jaeger - Rue de la Paix Jaeger, Paris, ?Rue de la Paix?, Ref. 45. Made circa 1958. Fine and unusual, 8-day going, keyless table clock with alarm, designed as a street lamp. To be sold without reserve

HKD 7,500 - 15,000

USD 1,000 - 2,000 / EUR 750 - 1,500

Sold: HKD 10,000

C. In the form of a gilt and black lacquered street lamp, applied street sign "Rue de la Paix". D. Beige with radial Roman numerals. Blued steel Louis XV hands. M. Cal. JLC 219, 18???, nickel-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring. Dial signed. Dim. 28 x 7.5 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar clock is illustrated in Jaeger-LeCoultre, La Grande Maison, Franco Cologni, 2006, p. 350.