Jaeger-LeCoultre - The Beauty in Everything: Single Owner Online Auction Hong Kong Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Jaeger-LeCoultre
    Year: Circa 1997
    Reference No: 275.3.62
    Case No: 1’844’665, No. 47/100
    Model Name: Reverso, "Juventus 1897-1997 Cento anni di Juve"
    Material: 18K white gold
    Calibre: Manual, cal. 822, 21 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Silk
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Jaeger-LeCoultre pin buckle
    Dimensions: 42mm length x 26mm width
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Jaeger-LeCoultre guarantee stamped Boîte D’Or Gioielli Italy dated April 1997, Certificate of Authentication, instructions manual, product literature, white faux leather folio, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
    Provenance: As shown in the Jaeger-LeCoultre guarantee, the present timepiece was owned by the renowned Italian footballer, Giuseppe "Oscar" Damiani. Born in Brescia, Italy in 1950, the football extraordinaire enjoyed a successful career, where he made over four hundred senior appearances for elite clubs such as Napoli, AC Milan and Juventus, winning the 1974-75 Serie A title with the latter. Damiani was also capped by the Italian national team. After retiring as a player, Damiani carved out a successful career as a football agent representing players such as Alessandro Costacurta, Andriy Shevchenko, Lilian Thuram and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang.

  • Provenance

    As shown in the Jaeger-LeCoultre guarantee, the present timepiece was owned by the renowned Italian footballer, Giuseppe "Oscar" Damiani. Born in Brescia, Italy in 1950, the football extraordinaire enjoyed a successful career, where he made over four hundred senior appearances for elite clubs such as Napoli, AC Milan and Juventus, winning the 1974-75 Serie A title with the latter. Damiani was also capped by the Italian national team. After retiring as a player, Damiani carved out a successful career as a football agent representing players such as Alessandro Costacurta, Andriy Shevchenko, Lilian Thuram and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang.

  • Catalogue Essay

    This was a special edition made for Juventus F.C. and it is one of the most beautiful configurations of the Reverso I have ever seen. Purely monochromatic with triangular applied markers and only arabic numerals at the cardinal points, allowing it to be visually more symmetric than Reversos that feature only arabic indices. I love the stripe down the middle of the hands as a little finishing touch. - Mark Cho


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    - Juventus FC is one of the most celebrated Serie A football clubs in Italy. As a top-tier club, Juventus is based in Turin alongside their century-old nemesis, Torino FC. Nicknamed Vecchia Signora ("the Old Lady"), the club has won 36 official league titles, 14 Coppa Italia titles and 9 Supercoppa Italiana titles. A househould name among Italians, they are the record holder for all these competitions.

    - In 1997, the Old Lady celebrated their one-hundredth-year anniversary. The club organised a series of events called 'Juvecentus' (1897-1997 - One Hundred Years of Juve). The Centennial Exhibition was also set up to retrace the origin and evolution of the club, and a fan club of more than 10,000 members was created. Along with the present Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, lighters, stamps, trading cards and commemorative shirts were created in celebration of this momentous milestone.

    - The Reverso "Juventus 1897-1997 Cento anni di Juve" was released as a limited edition of 100 pieces only. Boasting a brushed silvered dial with guilloche center, the textured backdrop is adorned with applied hour markers that complement its white gold case. Upon reversing the dial, of the inner case bears the commemorative logo of the 100 years of “Juve”.

    - Numbered 47 of 100 pieces, the present example is further presented with an interesting provenance and is complete with its set of original accessories. Calling all football fans, this Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso "Juventus 1897-1997 Cento anni di Juve" will no doubt excite collectors of football memorabilia.

  • Artist Biography

    Jaeger-LeCoultre

    Swiss • 1833

    Not all companies in the watchmaking field have been able to stand the test of time quite like Jaeger LeCoultre, also known as the "watchmaker's watchmaker." Founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre and originally named LeCoutre, the firm provided watchmaking's top brands, such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet, the high-grade, unfinished mechanical movements with which they completed their watches.

    In the early 1900s, Cartier's watch supplier Edmond Jaeger sought out LeCoultre's help in creating the world's thinnest watches. The collaboration resulted in the creation of Cartier's earliest Tank and Santos watches, all housed with LeCoultre movements. The duo decided to merge in 1937, and the firm officially became the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand by which collectors know and adore it today. Some of the firm's most significant and important timepieces include the Reverso, the Memovox, the Atmos clock and, among modern watches, their Master Complications.

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Ref. 275.3.62
A fine and rare limited edition white gold rectangular-shaped reversible wristwatch with small seconds, guarantee and presentation box, numbered 47 of a limited edition of 100 pieces, made in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Juventus F.C.

Circa 1997
42mm length x 26mm width
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
HK$30,000 - 60,000 
€3,700-7,400
$3,800-7,700

Sold for HK$75,600

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