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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 286

"Master Compressor" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Compressor, 1000 Hours, Memovox", No. 033/250. 1000 hour control finished on January 27, 2003. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, center-seconds, waterresistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with alarm, 3 crowns and an 18K white gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, concave and curved lugs, "Compressor Key" alarm winding-crown at 2, time-setting and winding crown at 4, winding crown at 10 for the revolving dive time ring, sapphire crystal. D. Blue with applied luminous Arabic numerals and dart indexes, outer revolving disc for the dive time, aperture for the alarm indication. Luminous "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 918, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 16 mm.