$126,000
Platinum Master Minute Repeater Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Master Minute Repeater Antoine LeCoultre," No. 192/200, case No. 0052, Ref. 151.6.67.S. Made in a limited edition of 200 pieces in 2006, sold December 28th, 2007. Very fine and rare, oversized, minute-repeating, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with 15-day power reserve, spring torque indication and an 18K white gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, loupe, Certificate of Origin, Guarantee and instruction booklet. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied white gold dart indexes, Arabic numerals and luminous dots, sectors for the 15-day up-and-down and spring torque indications, large apertures to view movement details. Luminous white gold alpha hands. Cal. 947, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 43 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, duo spring barrels, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes What is a Minute Repeater? A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the 9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it counts out the hours. Then both hammer
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11
