Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 249

LECOULTRE MILITARY CHRONOGRAPH STEEL LeCoultre, Swiss. No. 262512. Made in the 1960s. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, screwdown case back engraved: Watchmakers of Switzerland 1965 Tempus Fugit Award Captain W. Ray Allemang 19.500 hours. D. Matte silver with applied steel Arabic numerals and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale to 1000 UPH, subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 839 H, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm.