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

LOT 396

"Reverso Chronographe Rétrograde" Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronographe Retrograde", No. 444/500, Ref. 270.2.69. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996, sold in 1997. Very fine and rare, rectangular, double dial, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with square button chronograph, retrograde register, date, stop/start indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent inner case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, chronograph start/stop display at 5, aperture for the date, on the back, the seconds and the retrograde 30- minute register ring dials. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 829, copper colored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a Lebanese Gentleman