Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 416

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Master Control-Géographique", No. 138, Ref.142. 6.92. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, "world time", center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with two crowns, date and 40 hours power reserve with a pla-tinum Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompa-nied by a white leather fitted box, a certificate and an 18K gold push-pin for quick change of the date.

C. two-body, solid, polished, hinged back with screws, sloped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. black with applied white gold dart indexes, auxiliary sunk dial for the second time zone in 12 hours and aperture for the nocturnal and diurnal hours, for the days of the month, sector for the up-and-down indication, aperture showing the outer revolving disc on the 12 bearing the names of 24 places in the world. The crown on the 3 is for setting the time of the main time zone and for winding ad time-setting of the watch, the other crown on the 10 is for selecting the second town on the revolving outer disc and to automatically select the second time zone. M. Cal. 929/3, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, ball bearing central rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.