$22,800
Reverso Minute Repeating Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Répétition Minutes," No. 135/500, Ref. 270.2.73. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and rare, rectangular, minute repeating, 18K pink gold reversible wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal. Two-tone guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, aperture for the strike regulator. Blued steel épée hands. Cal. 849R-843, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11