Jaeger-LeCoultre - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO Hong Kong Monday, May 30, 2016 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Jaeger-LeCoultre
    Year: Circa 2011
    Reference No: 150.2.34
    Case No: 2'644'032
    Model Name: Tourbillon Master Compressor
    Material: 18k pink gold and titanium
    Calibre: Automatic, 978, 33 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Brown Jaeger LeCoultre leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre buckle
    Dimensions: 46.5 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed, case back further engraved No 07/30
    Accessories: With Jaeger LeCoultre undated Certificat de Garantie, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Since the company's founding in 1833, Jaeger LeCoultre has created many models that are now iconic, such as the Reverso and Gyrotourbillon. The present watch features an impressive combination of functions such as the dual time, tourbillon and date complication. The watch is furthermore rare as it is numbered 7 among a limited editions series of 30 examples only.

  • 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. 150.2.34
A rare pink gold and titanium limited edition dual time tourbillon wristwatch with date

Circa 2011
46.5 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed, case back further engraved No 07/30

Estimate
HK$280,000 - 400,000 

Sold for HK$325,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016