Saturday, September 13, 2008

JLC Reverso Gran Sport Chronograph ( A TRUE MASTER PIECE !)






95% MINT ! Reverso Gran Sport Chronograph is a mechanical using the Jaeger- Le Coultre caliber 859 which was derived from 829. It is beveled and Cotes de Geneve hand-decorated with 38 jewels and consists of 317 parts.

stainless steel barrel shaped double face case that is reversible.The carrier size is 43x28mm with a thickness of 11.5mm and the case size stands at 32x28mm with a thickness of 10mm. It is engraved with sand-blasted transverse grooves with curved sapphire crystal on both sides.

The back is fastened by 4 screws with beveled rectangular pushers and the carrier is brushed finished with circular graining decoration. This piece is water resistant to 5atm (50m).

For the stainless steel case, its black engine-turned guilloche dial is within the center panel. There are printed Arabic numerals and has luminescent burnished brass hands indicator at 5 and a date display at 6. The rear dial is black with silvered counter rings and engine-turned guilloche panels.
The minute counter with retrograde hand sits at 6 interlaced with the second counter.
It is capable of 28,800vph. The functions include hour, minute, second, date, chronograph with 2 counters and chronograph on/off indicator. 38 jewels ,44 hrs power reserve
A TRUE MASTER PIECE WITH ONE SINGLE MOVEMENT WITH 1 SIDE INDICATING TIME THE OTHER RETROGRADE STOP WATCH COUNTER ! retail at $21,000 (discontinued as too costly to produce !)
now $8,800 OWN AN ICON !