Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 359

"Reverso - Répétition Minutes" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Répétition Minutes", No. 374/500, Ref. 270.2.73. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1995. Very fine and rare, rectangular, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, aperture for the strike regulator. Blued steel épée" hands. M. Cal. 943, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.