Jaeger-LeCoultre

"Reverso Chronographe Rétrograde" Jaeger LeCoultre, "Reverso Chronographe Retrograde", No. 054/500, Ref. 270.2.69. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and rare, rectangular, double-dialed, 18K pink gold gentleman's reversible wristwatch with square button chronograph, retrograde register, date, stop/start indication and an 18K pink gold Jaeger LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, transparent inner case back, sapphire crystals. Guilloché‚ silver with painted Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, chronograph start/stop display at 5, aperture for the date at 6, on the back, the seconds and the retrograde 30-minute register ring dials. Blued steel "épée" hands. Cal. 829, copper-colored, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.