9,000 CHF
Platinum Master Calendar Jaeger LeCoultre, "Master Control Calendar", No. 247, Ref. 140.6.98. Made in a limited series of 250 examples in 1999. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and a platinum Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Two-body, polished, transparent case back with hinged cover secured by screws, concave lugs, corrector buttons on the band, sapphire crystals. Blue with applied steel dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, graduated sector for the age of the moon, outer graduation for the days of the month. Luminous steel Dauphine hands, croissant-shaped red indicator for the date. Cal. 891/448, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjustments, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, platinum rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of a European Gentleman
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16