Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 22

JAEGER-LECOULTRE STEEL - CHRONO REVERSO - DUOFACE Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Gran? Sport - Chronograph Retrograde," case No. 2001588, Ref. 295.8.59. Made circa 2002. Fine, rectangular and reversible, double-dial, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, retrograde 30-minute register, date, chronograph start/stop indication and a stainless steel Jaeger-LeCoultre double deployant clasp.

C. Five-body, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Front: Guilloche black with luminous Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, date aperture at 6, chronograph start/ stop indication at 7. Luminous steel lozenge hands. Rear: Bicolor black and silver chronograph dial repeating the front decoration, silver chapter for the seconds and sector for the retrograde 30-minute register. White luminous steel lozenge and fl èche hands. M. Cal. 859, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm.