Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 247

"Stainless Steel and Gold Memory" Jaeger-LeCoultre, Reverso "Memory", Ref. 255.5.82. Made in the 1990s. Fine, rectangular, 18K yellow gold and stainless steel gentleman's reversible wristwatch with two dials, permanent minute register and fly-back mechanism, 50 hours autonomy and an 18K yellow gold and stainless steel Jaeger- LeCoultre "bracelet a mailles" and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and certificate.

C. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, ridged bezel, sapphire crystals. D. On one side, "guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. On the other side, black dial with painted white Arabic numerals, "guilloché" at the center. Luminous white "lozenge" hand for the fly-back function activated by a push-button on the band. M. Cal. 862, tonneaushaped, copper-colored, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx. overall length: 175 mm.