Jaeger-LeCoultre

A very attractive, highly complicated and probably unique rose gold prototype of limited edition, produced by the famous Swiss watch brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, founded in 1833. Reference launched in 2012. Case made of 18k rose gold, diameter 43mm, 15mm thick, open-worked dial, sapphire caseback. Hand-wound caliber 177, double barrel, power reserve up to 8 days. Functions – indication of time in hours and minutes at 12 o’clock, double-axis spherical tourbillon at 6 o’clock, perpetual calendar with four retrograde hands (two for the date, one for the month and one for the leap-year on the back side of the caliber), running equation of time minute hand with solar sign, power reserve indicator and additional month indicator on the back side of a caliber. Brown Jaeger-LeCoultre leather strap with 18k rose gold Jaeger-LeCoultre pin buckle. 

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Gyrotourbillon I Ref. Q6002420 Limited-edition Prototype 0 appears to be a fine purchase for a collector or haute horlogerie afficionado as a watch featuring a widely celebrated design and complications concept, unique in modern watchmaking. Peculiar high-mech aesthetics are embedded with traditional fine finishing and breakthrough inventions. It is a beautiful, extremely rare and unprecedented complicated mechanical watch from a world-famous traditional watch brand, one of the undoubted leaders in the haute horlogerie watch market. A recognisable and instantly memorable design undoubtedly adds to the appeal of this lot.