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Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

LOT 418

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Chrono-graphe Rétrograde", Ref. 270.2.69. Produced in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and rare, rectangular, double face, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with square button retrograde chronograph, register, date, 44 hours autonomy and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent inner case back, sapphire crystals. D. guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, chronograph start/stop display, aperture for the date; on the back, the seconds and the retrograde 30 minute register ring dials. "Bâton" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 829, copper-colored, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 je-wels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic ba-lance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm.