Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 20, 2001

LOT 122

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Gran'sport Chronograph", No. 1965931, Ref. 295859. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, rectangular, double face, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, date and 44 hours autonomy, with stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

USD 5,000 - 6,000

C. three-body, polished, ridged bezel, transparent back. D. "guilloché" silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and triangular indexes on a plain reserve, aperture for the date, on the back, chronograph start/stop display with the seconds and the retrograde 30 minutes register ring dials. "Lozenge" tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 859 rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 27 x 44 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1 - 01

Notes

After having produced the famous "Reverso" in the version Tourbillon, Minute Repeating and Dual time, it took Jaeger LeCoultre two years to study and realize this "Chronographe Rétrograde". The complexity of this model constrained the creators to use a double dial: one side for the usual reading of the time, the date and the start-and-stop chronograph indication, the other side for the chronograph and register functions.