Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 35

"Yellow Gold Reverso Gran? Sport? Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Reverso Gran? Sport - Chronographe Rétrograde?, Ref. 295.1.59. Made circa 2000. Fine, rectangular, double-dial, water-resistant 18K yellow gold reversible wristwatch with square-button chronograph, retrograde register, date, chronograph start/stop indication and an 18K yellow gold Jaeger-LeCoultre brick-link bracelet with double deployant clasp.

C. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded top and bottom bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with central square pattern and applied luminous yellow gold Arabic numerals and triangular indexes on a plain reserve, aperture for the date at 6, chronograph start/stop indication at 7. Luminous blued steel ?lozenge? hands. Matte silver chronograph dial repeating the front decoration, dark gray chapter for the seconds and sector for the retrograde 30-minute register. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" and "flèche" hands. M. Cal. 859, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.