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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 114

Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronographe Rétrograde", No. 072/500, Ref. 270.2.69. Produced in a limited edition of 500 ex-amples in 1996.Very fine and rare, rectangular, double face, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with square button re-trograde 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 retro-grade 30 minute register ring dials. "Bâton" blued steel hands.M. Cal. 829, copper-colored, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 42 mm.