Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...

Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 22

?Reverso Geógraphique? Jaeger LeCoultre, ?Reverso?, Ref. 270.2.58, ?Géographique? No. 087/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, world-time, rectangular, two time-zone, double-face, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with moon phases, day and night and GMT indications, and 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by an original box.

C. Three-body, massive, polished, reeded bezel, reversible. D. On one side, 'guilloché' silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the moon phases ?night and day?. ?Epee? blued steel hands. On the other side, ?guilloché? black off-centered chapter ring with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, on the 8, aperture for the GMT + or - indication, on the 4, aperture for the day/night indication, at the bottom, two individual apertures showing the names of 12 cities GMT, and 12 other cities GMT +. By means of a pusher on the band, the hours may be forwarded independently from the other dial and from the city names, by means of another square button on the band, the hours and the places may be adjusted. 'Lozenge' tritiumcoated hands. M. Mechanical with manual winding. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.