Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 405

Jaeger-LeCoultre "Reverso Duoface, Quantième Perpétuel", No. 54/500, Ref. 270.2.55. Produced at the end of the 1990's.Very fine rectangular, double-face, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, 50 hours autonomy and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal. D. on one side, "guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary seconds dial, the leap years and a half moon-shaped aperture for night and day indication. "Bâton" blued steel hands. On the other side, "guilloché" silver dial with off-centered dials for the days of the week and the months, under the 12, sectors for the days of the month and the age of the moon with painted Arabic numerals, beow, aperture for the moon phases. "Alpha" blued steel hands. By means of pushers on the band, all functions may be forwarded independently from the other dial.M. Cal. 855, tonneau, copper-colored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm.