Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso

A rare early 1930s 18ct white gold Reverso ladies wristwatch...

A rare early 1930s 18ct white gold Reverso ladies wristwatch, the black dial with baton markers and sword hands signed 'REVERSO, SWISS', back stamped PATENT 18k 0.750, 107, the reverse monogramed PRISON D'ANVERS 1ST AUG - 9 SEPTEMBER 1941, no strap, classic rectangular case with six streamlined grooves for an Art Deco aesthetic, This watch was potentially produced during 1931-33 and the early models were manufactured with the help of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s collaboration with Tavannes, which supplied movements. By 1933, production had stabilized under LeCoultre’s name PROVENANCE: The vendor acquired this piece from an old Belgian friend who had recently passed away. She had gotten the watch after visiting her aunt in Brussels in the 60s, who gave it to her as she had no children to pass it on to. Her uncle (aunts husband) had purchased the watch from a fleeing family, and he owned a bakery and was arrested during WWII for supposedly being a communist, with the prison being engraved on the back.