Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 89

Yellow Gold "Mémovox" Jaeger LeCoultre, "Mémovox", Automatic, case No. 780897. Made in the 1960s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold ?World Time? gentleman's wristwatch with date, alarm and two crowns.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, the crown at 2 o'clock is for winding and setting the alarm and ?world time? disc, the one on the 4 winds the watch. D. Two tone silver with applied yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, revolving alarm disc in the center, and aperture for the date. Yellow gold luminous "bâton" hands. M. Cal. K825, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, bumper rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.