JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 270.2.55 REVERSO
QUANTIEME PERPETUEL RETROGRADE
Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Reverso - Quantième Perpétuel Retrograde,"
No. 63/500, 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 a certificate of authenticity and setting pin
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.