Bonhams 1793 : Jaeger-LeCoultre. A very fine and rare limited edition 18ct rose gold minute repeater manual wind wristwatch Reverso Repetition Minutes, Ref:270.2.73, Case No.002/500, Circa 1995

Reverso Repetition Minutes, Ref:270.2.73, Case No.002/500, Circa 1995
38-jewel Cal.849R-843, rhodium-plated, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, repeating on two gongs by means of a fluted slide in the band, silvered engine turned dial, Arabic numerals, inner minute divisions, blued steel baton hands, aperture for the strike regulator, brushed and polished 18ct rose gold case with reeded ends, fitted leather strap with 18ct rose gold Jaeger-LeCoultre deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
26mm.

Sold for HK$ 250,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

積家限量版18K玫瑰金男裝手動上弦三問腕錶約1995年限量生產500隻

This repeating wristwatch is part of a limited series of 500 examples only, specially made to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 'Reverso' model in 1991.

The idea of the Reverso was sparked at a polo game in India in 1930. Cesar de Trey, a former denture dealer turned watch entrepreneur was on a trip in India when a Polo player showed him the broken glass on his watch. Seeing the broken watch gave Cesar de Trey the idea of a watch that could turn over to protect its crystal and dial from being damaged. Upon his return to Switzerland, Cesar de Trey joined forces with his business partner Jacques David LeCoultre and launched the first Reverso in 1931. The Parisian engineer Rene-Alfred Chauvot was commissioned by LeCoultre and Jaeger to construct the first Reverso.

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