Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 83

Jaeger Desk Compendium Jaeger, Suisse, "ADOS Standard Barometre", No. 106745, Ref. 61, Patent No. 365.884. Made circa 1932. Very fine and rare, chrome and leather desk compendium with 8-day clock, alarm, thermometer and barometer.

C. Two-body, leather-covered with folding cover forming the stand, two chromed hinged cases for the clock and barometer, the thermometer between on a white plate with black painted scale. D. White painted with luminous Arabic numerals, inner minute track. Luminous blued steel skeleton hands. Barometer: off-white painted with black barometric scale. Blued steel arrow hand. M. Cal. 201, 50 mm., nickel, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dials signed. Dim. 14.5 x 10.5 x 2.8 cm. Property of a French Collector