JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 270.2.55 REVERSO
QUANTIEME PERPETUEL RETROGRADE PINK GOLD
Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Quantième Perpétuel Retrograde," No.
206/500, Ref. 270.2.55. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in
2000.
Very fine and rare, rectangular, double-dial, 18K pink gold reversible
wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date, moon phases,
night and day indication, leap year, and an 18K pink gold Jaeger-
LeCoultre deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original certificate
of authenticity and instruction booklets.
Five-body, solid, polished, reeded bezel, sapphire crystals.
On one side, guilloche silver with painted Arabic numerals on
a plain reserve, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the leap years,
half moon- shaped aperture for the night and day indication at 1.
Blued steel epee hands. On the other side, guilloche silver dial with
off center dials for the days of the week and the months, retrograde
sectors for the days of the month and the age of the moon with
painted Arabic numerals, aperture for the moon phases. Blued
steel alpha hands. All functions can be adjusted independently
from the other dial.
Cal. 855, tonneau-shaped, copper-colored, fausses cotes decoration,
39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic
balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating
flat balance spring.