Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 154

Jaeger-LeCoultre, Reverso ?Gran'Sport?, ?Chronographe Rétrograde?, Ref. 295.1.59. Produced circa 2000. Fine, rectangular, double-dial, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s reversible wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, date and "marche/arrèt" (start/stop) indication. Accompanied by a rubber strap and an 18K yellow gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp.

C. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded top and bottom bezel, serrated lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Front: "chess-pattern" engraved silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, aperture for the date at 6, chronograph start/stop display at 5. Tritium-coated blued steel "lozenge" hands. Back: matte silver repeating the front decoration, black ring dials with Arabic numerals for the seconds and the retrograde 30-minute register. Blued steel red arrow hand for the seconds indicator, "Lozenge" for the register. M. Cal. 859, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 28 x 43 mm.