Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 199

Night / Day Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Duoface, Night-Day", Ref. 270.3.54. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, rectangular, two-time zone, double-face, 18K white gold wristwatch with 45-hours autonomy and an 18K white gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Five-body, solid, polished, ridged bezel, sapphire crystals. D. On one side, guilloche copper-colored dial, off-center ring with luminous Arabic numerals and applied white gold dart indexes on a plain reserve, at 6, ring-dial for the second time zone in 24-hours in painted Arabic numerals and the indication "NIGHT / DAY". Luminous white gold lozenge hands. With a pusher on the band, the hours may be forwarded independently from the other dial. On the other side, guilloche anthracite dial with applied Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. M. Cal. 854, copper-colored, fausses cotesdecoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dials, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.