Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Septantième Jaeger LeCoultre, Reverso “Septantième”, No. 489/500, Ref. 240.2.19. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2001 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the "Reverso" model. Very fine and rare, oversized, rectangular, 8-day going, 18K pink gold reversible wristwatch with oversized date, day/night and power reserve indications and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, inner transparent case back, outer case back engraved with edition number, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals on an outer plain reserve, date aperture at 7, sector for the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the day/night indication at 1, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel épée hands. Cal. 879 in 18K pink gold, twin barrels, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 29 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 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