Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 152

Yellow Gold, "Reverso 8 Days with Large Date" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Grande Date", case No. 2184497, Ref. 240.1.15. Made in 2003. Very fine, rectangular and reversible, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with large date, double springbarrels with 8-day power reserve and a 18K yellow gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Five-body, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, inner transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on an outer plain reserve, subsidiary sunk seconds dial at 5, large double aperture for the date at 7, sector for the up-and-down power reserve indication at 11. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 874, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, double spring-barrels. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.