Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 262

Jaeger Lecoultre - Reverso - Grande GMT Jaeger LeCoultre, Reverso Grande GMT, 1000 Hours Control, Ref. 240.8.18. Case No. 2459584. Made in 2009. Very fine and rare, rectangular stainless steel, double-dial, dual time zone reversible wristwatch with 8-day power reserve indicator, day, night and GMT indications, doubledigit date and a stainless steel Jaeger LeCoultre double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and instruction booklet. To be sold without reserve

c. Five-body, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, reversible, inset rectangular advance/retard second time-zone adjusters in the band, sapphire crystals. d. On one side, guilloché silver with black painted Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the ?night and day? and date. Blued steel epée hands. On the other side, black with luminous Arabic numerals, aperture for the GMT ?+ Est? or ?- Ouest? indication at 7, aperture for the day/night indication at 5, sector for power reserve indication between 1 & 2. The hours may be adjusted by means of two rectangular push buttons on the band. Luminous lozenge hands. M. Cal. 878, rhodium-plated, 8-day going, twin barrel, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.