1,920 CHF
Jaeger LeCoultre Desk Clock with Calendar Jaeger LeCoultre, Suisse, "ADOS Standard" Calendrier, No. 044886, Ref. 72, Patent No. 365.884. Made circa 1938. Very fine and rare, chrome and crocodile 8-day desk clock with alarm and triple date calendar. Two-body, leather-covered with folding cover forming the stand, chromed hinged case for the clock, telescopic winding crown with co-axial button for alarm setting. Black painted with luminous Arabic numerals, inner minute track, linear apertures at 6 for the date, days and months in red. Luminous blued steel skeleton hands. Cal. 202, 50 mm., nickel, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, alarm sounding on a single gong. Dial signed. Dim. 12.2 x 7 x 3 cm. Notes A desk set with similar clocks to the present lots is illustrated in Jaeger LeCoultre, La Grande Maison, Franco Cologni, 2006, p. 346.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-05-08
