10,800 CHF
Pink Gold Reverso 60th Anniversary Jaeger-LeCoultre "Reverso 60th Anniversary - 1931 - 1991", movement No. 2559236, No. 190/500, Ref. 270.2.64. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1991. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K pink gold reversible wristwatch with date, 40-hour power reserve, 14K pink gold movement and an 18K pink gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Five-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, outer back engraved: "Reverso 1931-1991", reeded bezel, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, rectangular graduation for the days of the month, sector for the up-and-down indication at 11. Blued steel baton hands. Cal. 824 OR in 14K pink gold, fausses-cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a European Gentleman Notes The Reverso The history of the "Reverso" begins in 1930 in India. Cesar de Trey, a Swiss traveler, conceived the idea of a watch that could be turned over to protect its dial and crystal from the dangers common watches faced on the dusty polo fields in the then British colony. Back in Switzerland, he approached the LeCoultre company in Le Sentier with his ideas. The watch case was developed by the Jaeger company in France, who asked F
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
