$10,925
Jaeger LeCoultre, "Calendrier Perpetuel Grand Reveil", No. 0073, 1989. Very fine, astronomic, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and alarm, 45 hour autonomy, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Jaeger LeCoultre buckle. two body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, three protected screw-down crowns: crown at 2 for alarm, crown at 4 for winding movement, push-piece integrated into crown at 8 for perpetual calendar; case back with six screws, fluted straight lugs, sapphire crystal. white with applied gold tritium-coated indexes, outer ring with blued steel Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the days of the week, the months, the days of the months, and 24 hour register, aperture for the moon phases. "Skeleton" blued steel tritium-coated hands. Calibre 919, rhodium plated, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Notes The "Grand Reveil" This watch was produced in 1989 by Jaeger LeCoultre. It has a unique feature, an alarm-bell which is struck by a hammer. This was a novel concept for a wristwatch- to combine a complicated mechanism, the perpetual calendar and moonphases, with an alarm. The Alarm According to Jaeger LeCoultre, the alarm strikes on a special gong cast from a bronze alloy known to the Chinese Late Ming Dynasty for its long-lasting resonance. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-22
