Jaeger-LeCoultre - The New York Watch Auction: NINE New York Saturday, December 9, 2023 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Jaeger-LeCoultre
    Year: Circa 2012
    Reference No: Q6002420, 149.2.07.S
    Case No: No. 5/28, 2’533’293
    Model Name: Gyrotourbillon 1
    Material: 18K pink gold
    Calibre: Manual, cal. 177, 117 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Alligator
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre pin buckle
    Dimensions: 42.5mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, movement, dial, and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Jaeger-LeCoultre Certificate of Origin, Guarantee Certificate dated June 2012, fitted wooden presentation box, hang tag, magnifying glass, leather envelope, product literature, and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Launched in 2004, the Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Gyrotourbillon 1 wristwatch is a stellar hyper-complicated timepiece developed by master watchmaker Eric Coudray and designer Magali Metrailler. The caliber 177 is composed of 679 individual parts, 117 jewels, and features an array of mechanical displays and complications, including a multi-axis tourbillon, a perpetual calendar with retrograde displays for the date, month, power reserve, and leap year indications. In addition, its movement provides eight days of power reserve and features a "running" equation of time complication that displays the difference between solar time and mean time. Solar time is indicated by the minute hand tipped with a small sun, which sometimes runs ahead or behind the primary minute hand. Both hands are synchronized four times a year.

    The pink gold model was launched in 2012 in a limited edition of just 28 timepieces. The present gyrotourbillon, number 5, is offered by the original owner in excellent overall condition and accompanied by its Certificate of Origin, presentation box, and hang tag. When first released, the Gyrotourbillon 1 was the most complicated watch made by Jaeger-LeCoultre. It pushed the boundaries of mechanical watchmaking and opened the door for a new era of complicated timepieces that are not only visually stimulating but also technical marvels that are a joy to contemplate.

    CONSIGNED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER

  • Artist Biography

    Jaeger-LeCoultre

    Swiss • 1833

    Not all companies in the watchmaking field have been able to stand the test of time quite like Jaeger LeCoultre, also known as the "watchmaker's watchmaker." Founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre and originally named LeCoutre, the firm provided watchmaking's top brands, such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet, the high-grade, unfinished mechanical movements with which they completed their watches.

    In the early 1900s, Cartier's watch supplier Edmond Jaeger sought out LeCoultre's help in creating the world's thinnest watches. The collaboration resulted in the creation of Cartier's earliest Tank and Santos watches, all housed with LeCoultre movements. The duo decided to merge in 1937, and the firm officially became the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand by which collectors know and adore it today. Some of the firm's most significant and important timepieces include the Reverso, the Memovox, the Atmos clock and, among modern watches, their Master Complications.

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Ref. Q6002420, 149.2.07.S
An impressive and rare limited edition pink gold retrograde skeletonized perpetual calendar wristwatch with gyrotourbillon regulator, equation of time, and power reserve with Certificate of Origin, hang tag, and presentation box; number 5 of 28 pieces

Circa 2012
42.5mm Diameter
Case, movement, dial, and buckle signed

Estimate
$70,000 - 120,000 
CHF63,000-108,000
€65,500-112,000
HK$547,000-937,000
S$95,200-163,000

Sold for $152,400

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The New York Watch Auction: NINE

New York Auction 9 - 10 December 2023