Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 45

?Reverso - Quantième Perpétuel? Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Quantième Perpétuel Retrograde", Ref. 270.2.55. No. 279/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2000. Very fine and rare, rectangular, double-dial, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, night and day indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, sapphire crystals. D. On one side, "guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the leap years, half moon-shaped aperture for the night and day indication at 1. Blued steel "bâton" hands. On the other side, "guilloché" silver dial with off center dials for the days of the week and the months, retrograde sectors for the days of the month and the age of the moon with painted Arabic numerals, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "épée" hands. All functions can be adjusted independently from the other dial. M. Cal. 855, tonneau, copper-colored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.