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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 209

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronographe Rétrograde", Ref. 295.8.59. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, rectangular, double face, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and date, 44 hours autonomy, with a stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre matching bracelet and deployant clasp.

C. three-body, polished, ridged bezel. D. anthracite with central check pattern design and tritium-coated applied steel Arabic numerals and triangular indexes on a plain reserve, aperture for the date on the 6, chronograph start/stop display on the 7. "Lozenge" tritium-coated steel hands. Anthracite back repeating the front decoration, brushed steel ring dials for the seconds and the retrograde 30 minutes register. "Lozenge" and "Flèche" tritium-coated white and red hands. M. Cal. 9 ''', copperolored, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 42 mm.