$33,040
"Reverso Tourbillon" Jaeger-LeCoultre, “Reverso - Platinum Number Two Tourbillon”, No. 141/500, Ref. 270. 6.48. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2003. Very fine and rare, rectangular, platinum gentleman's reversible wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, 40-hour power reserve indication and a platinum Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Bi-color anthracite and silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary “guilloché” seconds dial. On the back, the tourbillon under a polished steel bridge. Blued steel “épée” hands. Cal. 848, rhodiumplated, "fausses-côtes" 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 To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the “Reverso”, in 1991 Jaeger- LeCoultre introduced a limited edition model of 500 examples only in 18K pink gold in a larger, “Grand Taille”, case, that became the first of six limited models released in the following years. Each edition featured a special complication or technical innovation, which had never before been realized in a “Reverso”, offering maximum functionality in a minimum of space: 1991, 60th Anniversary with the movement
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
