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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 150

"Master Eight Days" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Control 1000 Hours", No. 0148, Ref. 146.6.17. Made in a limited series of 217 examples in 2004. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with large date, 8-day power reserve, day/night indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back secured by 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold dart indexes and Arabic numerals, luminous dot indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial, aperture for the date at 7, sectors for the up-and-down power reserve indication at 10 and the day/night indication between 1 and 2. Luminous pink gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 877, duo spring barrels, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41.5 mm. Thickness 11 mm.