Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 239

Jaeger-LeCoultre - Pink Gold - Reverso Chronograph - Retrograde Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronograph Retrograde," No. 262/500, Ref. 270.2.69. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces 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, 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.