Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 65

Jaeger LeCoultre "Reverso Géographique" No. 319/500, Ref. 270.2.58. Produced in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1998.Very fine and rare, rectangular, reversible, double-face, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple-time zone indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C .five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, outer case back engraved: "Géographique", sapphire crystals. D. On one side, "guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, auxiliary seconds dial, at 12 a "night and day" aperture with the sun or the stars to symbolize the 24 hours, auxiliary seconds dial. "Epée" blued steel hands. On the other side, "guilloché" black, off-center plain ring dial with luminous stylized Arabic numerals, at 8, aperture for the GMT + / - indiction, at 4, aperture for the day/night indication, below, two individual apertures showing the names of 12 GMT/+ (East) cities and 12 GMT/- (West) cities. With a pusher in the band, the hours may be forwarded independently from the other dial and from the names of the cities, with the square button on the band, the hours and the cities may be adjusted. "Lozenge" luminous hands. M. Cal. 858, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balanc, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 26 x 42 mm.