Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 65

"Reverso Tourbillon" Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Reverso - Platinum Number Two Tourbillon?, No. 141/500, Ref. 270. 6.48. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2003. Very fine and rare, rectangular, platinum gentleman's reversible wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, 40-hour power reserve indication and a platinum Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

USD 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 24,000 - 31,000

Sold: USD 33,040

C. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Bi-color anthracite and silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary ?guilloché? seconds dial. On the back, the tourbillon under a polished steel bridge. Blued steel ?épée? hands. M. Cal. 848, rhodiumplated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.


LOADING IMAGES
Click to full view
Image
Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ?Reverso?, in 1991 Jaeger- LeCoultre introduced a limited edition model of 500 examples only in 18K pink gold in a larger, ?Grand Taille?, case, that became the first of six limited models released in the following years. Each edition featured a special complication or technical innovation, which had never before been realized in a ?Reverso?, offering maximum functionality in a minimum of space: 1991, 60th Anniversary with the movement plate and bridges made of 14K pink gold; 1993, Tourbillon with a cage made of 70 parts, yet weighing less than 500 grams; 1994, Repetition Minutes with 306 individual parts in a rectangular movement; 1996, Chronograph with column wheel and 60-second and retrograde 30-minute register; 1998, Geographique with two solid silver dials and its complex triple time zone indication; 2000, Quantieme Perpetuel with retrograde month and moon age indication.