$5,310
"Night/Day" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso Duoface, Night-Day", Ref. 270.3.54. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, rectangular, two-time zone, double-face, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with 45-hours autonomy and an 18K white gold Jaeger- LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and push-pin. Five-body, solid, polished, ridged bezel, sapphire crystals. On one side, “guilloché” silver dial, off-center ring with luminous Arabic numerals and applied white gold dart indexes on a plain reserve, at 6, second ring for the second time zone in 24-hours in painted Arabic numerals and the indication "NIGHT/DAY". Luminous white gold "lozenge" hands. With a pusher on the band, the hours may be forwarded independently from the other dial. On the other side, black dial with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture at 12 for the night and day indication. Cal. 854, copper-colored, "faussescôtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dials, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes Reverso Limited Edition Watches The history of the “Reverso” begins 1930 in India, when Cesar de Trey, a Swiss traveler, imagined a watch that could be turned over to protect its dial and crystal from dust. Back in Switzerland, he presented his idea to the LeCoultre Company in Le Sentier. It was decided that the watc
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
