Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso - Tourbillon Number Two Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Tourbillon Platinum Number Two", No. 107/500, Ref. 270. 6.48. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 2004. Very fine and rare, rectangular and reversible platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 40-hour power reserve indication and a platinum Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Two-tone silver painted Arabic numerals, silver subsidiary seconds dial and sector for the up and down indication. Blued steel épée hands. Cal. 848, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm Notes “Reverso” history began in India in 1930: Swiss traveler Cesar de Trey had an idea for a wristwatch that could be turned over to protect dial and crystal from the dangers timepieces faced on India’s polo fields. Back in Switzerland, de Trey approached the LeCoultre company in Le Sentier and it was decided that the watch case would be developed by the Jaeger firm in France, who asked French designer and engineer Rene-Alfred Chauvet to prepare drawings for its production. Chauvet applied for Patent No. 712868 from the French Ministry of Trade and Industry on March 4th,