Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...

New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 160

Reverso Chronograph Retrograde Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronograph Retrograde," No. 409/500, Ref. 270.2.69.Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and rare, rectangular, double dial, 18K pink gold reversible wristwatch with square button chronograph, retrograde 30-minute register, date, stop/start indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, 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 silver ring dials. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 829, copper colored, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dials, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.