Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 536

Reverso - Gran? Sport - Yellow Gold Chronograph Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Gran? Sport - Chronographe Rétrograde", case No.1897264, Ref. 295.1.59. Made circa 2000. Fine, rectangular and reversible, double-dial, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, retrograde 30-minute register, date, chronograph start/stop indication and an 18K yellow gold Jaeger- LeCoultre link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.

C. Five-body, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Front: Two-tone guilloche white with luminous yellow gold Arabic numerals and triangular indexes on a plain outer reserve, date aperture at 6, chronograph start/stop indication at 7. Blued luminous steel lozenge hands. Rear:White chronograph dial repeating the front decoration, black chapter for the seconds and sector for the retrograde 30-minute register. Blued luminous steel lozenge and flèche hands. M. Cal. 9''', copper-colored, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx overall length 170 mm.