Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duo 270.8.54

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux) Model “Reverso Duo-face” “Night & Day” Year circa 1995 Reference 270.8.54 Calibre 854, manual-winding, 21 jewels Case No. 1 766 563 Material/s stainless steel Bracelet leather strap Buckle stainless steel pin-buckle Dimensions 42.5 x 26.2 mm. Thickness 9.7 mm. Weight 52 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement * An additional 0.9% surcharge applies to the hammer price for local delivery only. -- Jaeger-LeCoultre Ref. 270.8.54, double-face, two-time zones, AM-PM indication, silver and anthracite guilloché (engine-turned) dials; “Reverso Duo-face” “Night & Day”; stainless steel Stainless steel, manual-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped, reversible “Art Deco”-style double-faced gentleman’s wristwatch, with, on the first face, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, and, on the second face, two horological complications: • Two-time zones (adjustable by the corrector located on the case-band above the crown) • Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AM-PM) scale (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock) Case: three-piece, polished and satin-finished, composed of a mobile part (two-piece, snap-on with fluted bezel) containing the movement which pivots inside a frame to which the bracelet is fixed; polished “JL” crown. Dial: the first, silver colour, guilloché (engine-turned), with black painted suspended Arabic numerals; blued steel “Glaive” spade-shaped hands; the second, anthracite colour, guilloché (engine-turned), off-centre, with white painted suspended luminescent (tritium) Arabic numerals (3-9-12) and stainless steel applied radiating lapidated indexes; stainless steel skeleton luminescent “Alpha” hands. Movement: calibre 854, manual-winding, 21 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions. Case based on the French invention patent No. 712 868, delivered on March 4, 1931, to René-Alfred Chauvot, Paris, for a “Montre susceptible de coulisser dans son support et pouvant se retourner complètement sur elle-même”.4000.00 6000.00 9 Jaeger-LeCoultre, “Reverso” After a polo game one day in India, Swiss businessman César de Trey (1876-1953) was challenged by the British officers he had been playing with to design a watch that would resist the rough treatment inflicted on it during the practice of their favourite sport. Upon his return to Europe, de Trey discussed the challenge with Jacques-David LeCoultre (1875-1948), director of the LeCoultre & Cie manufactory in Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux, canton de Vaud); the firm had been founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre (1803-1881). Together with the Parisian firm Jaeger, which had been founded in 1880 by Edmond Jaeger (1858-1922), they created the “Reverso” watch. The case, designed by French engineer René-Alfred Chauvot, was first patented in France on March 4, 1931 (No. 712 868). It was reversible and was made up of a mobile portion containing the movement that pivoted within a frame to which the bracelet was fixed. This allowed the watch’s face to be rotated, or reversed, thus protecting the glass. In December 1931, César de Trey, who had bought the rights of Chauvot’s patent, and Jacques-David LeCoultre together founded a distribution company called “Spécialités Horlogères” (first in Lausanne and then in Geneva), to sell the “Reverso” as well as the other watches made by LeCoultre & Cie and Jaeger, Paris. The distribution house purchased the patent. In 1937, the company took the name Jaeger-LeCoultre. By 1931, the Wenger firm of Geneva was entrusted with the production of the cases. While LeCoultre & Cie was developing several calibres destined for ladies’ and men’s “Reverso” watches, “Spécialités Horlogères” used a series of movements produced by the Tavannes Watch Co. (in the canton of Bern). Many of these watches were sold by the E. Gübelin firm in Lucerne. Since these events, the “Reverso” family has developed greatly and ensured that Jaeger-LeCoultre has become a legend... and today the story continues...! -- Jaeger-LeCoultre, “Reverso Duo-face” “Night & Day” Conceived and created in the early 1990s, respectively by the master watchmakers Roger Guignard and Gabriel Locatelli, the “Reverso Duo-face” indicates, on two opposite dials, the time of two time zones and the AM and PM hours, using a unique movement patented by Jaeger LeCoultre. The number of components is reduced to a minimum, which reduces the play of the gears and the loss of energy. The model watch launched in different materials: • Ref. 270.2.54, yellow gold (18-carat) • Ref. 270.3.54, white gold (18-carat) • Ref. 270.8.54, stainless steel Jaeger-LeCoultre Brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux) Model “Reverso Duo-face” “Night & Day” Year circa 1995 Reference 270.8.54 Calibre 854, manual-winding, 21 jewels Case No. 1 766 563 Material/s stainless steel Bracelet leather strap Buckle stainless steel pin-buckle Dimensions 42.5 x 26.2 mm. Thickness 9.7 mm. Weight 52 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement * An additional 0.9% surcharge applies to the hammer price for local delivery only. -- Jaeger-LeCoultre Ref. 270.8.54, double-face, two-time zones, AM-PM indication, silver and anthracite guilloché (engine-turned) dials; “Reverso Duo-face” “Night & Day”; stainless steel Stainless steel, manual-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped, reversible “Art Deco”-style double-faced gentleman’s wristwatch, with, on the first face, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, and, on the second face, two horological complications: • Two-time zones (adjustable by the corrector located on the case-band above the crown) • Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AM-PM) scale (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock) Case: three-piece, polished and satin-finished, composed of a mobile part (two-piece, snap-on with fluted bezel) containing the movement which pivots inside a frame to which the bracelet is fixed; polished “JL” crown. Dial: the first, silver colour, guilloché (engine-turned), with black painted suspended Arabic numerals; blued steel “Glaive” spade-shaped hands; the second, anthracite colour, guilloché (engine-turned), off-centre, with white painted suspended luminescent (tritium) Arabic numerals (3-9-12) and stainless steel applied radiating lapidated indexes; stainless steel skeleton luminescent “Alpha” hands. Movement: calibre 854, manual-winding, 21 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions. Case based on the French invention patent No. 712 868, delivered on March 4, 1931, to René-Alfred Chauvot, Paris, for a “Montre susceptible de coulisser dans son support et pouvant se retourner complètement sur elle-même”. Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux) Model “Reverso Duo-face” “Night & Day” Year circa 1995 Reference 270.8.54 Calibre 854, manual-winding, 21 jewels Case No. 1 766 563 Material/s stainless steel Bracelet leather strap Buckle stainless steel pin-buckle Dimensions 42.5 x 26.2 mm. Thickness 9.7 mm. Weight 52 gr. (approx.) Modern 4000.00000