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Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

LOT 149

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronographe Rétrograde", Ref. 295.8.59. Produced in the late 1990?s. 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, reeded 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 with Arabic numerals for the seconds and retrograde 30 minute register. "Lozenge" tritium-coated white hand, on both sides, a red arrow for the second indicators. M. Cal. 859, rhodium-plated copper-colored, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber , self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Approx. overall length: 190 mm.