33,600 HKD
Orgueil du Valais Jaeger LeCoultre, “Reverso”, No. 23/65, case No. 1840272, Ref. 250386. Made in limited series of 65 examples in 1996 for the 35th anniversay of the Reverso, sold on September 1, 1999. Fine and rare, rectangular, reversible, 18K white gold wristwatch with an 18K white gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee (now void) and booklet. To be sold without reserve Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded band, case engraved with “Matterhorn”, sapphire crystal. Satiné blue with painted silver Roman numerals, outer minute track. White gold dauphine hands. Cal. 846, rhodium-plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic, balance, shock absorber, self-compensating balance spring. Case, dial and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 33 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Notes Mont Cervin (Fr), the Matterhorn (Ger) or Cervino (It) IIs perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. On the border between Switzerland and Italy, it towers over the Swiss village of Zermatt and the Italian village Breuil- Cervinia in the Val Tournanche. The mountain derives its name from the German words Matte, meaning meadow, and Horn, which means peak.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
