Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 252

?Day - Night? Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Duo Face Day - Night", Ref. 270.2.54. Made circa 2000. Very fine, rectangular, two individually adjustable time zone, double-dial, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, push button on the case band to individually adjust the second time zone, sapphire crystals. D. Front: "Guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "bâton" hands. Back: "Guilloché" gray with luminous Arabic numerals and bâton indexes, subsidiary 24-hour dial. Luminous ?épée" hands. M. Cal. 854, copper-colored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.