Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 145

"Reverso Tourbillon" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Tourbillon", No. 196/500, Ref. 270. 2.68. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 1993. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 40-hour power reserve indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial. On the back, the tourbillon under a polished steel bridge and the upand- down indication. Blued steel ?épée" hands. M. Cal. 828, 14K pink gold, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 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.