Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 84

Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Tourbillon", No. 185/500, Ref. 270. 2.68. Produced in a limited edition of 500 examples in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 40-hour power reserve and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial. On the back, the tourbillon under a polished steel bridge and the up-and-down indicator. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 828, copper-colored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with three equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 42 mm.