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Jaeger-LeCoultre wristwatch «Reverso Memory»
Le Sentier 2004. Stainless steel. Upright rectangular reversible case with transverse grooves. Silver-plated dial with Arabic minute scale, luminous hands, decentral seconds at 6 o'clock. Verso a second, black guilloché dial with flyback memory needle. Sapphire glass. Crown winding movement. Flyback pusher. Ref. «255.880.822», Cal. «255.5.83» and case number «1965264». Original link bracelet with butterfly folding clasp. Manufacturer's mark.
H 3,4, W 2,1 cm (watch),
L 17,5 cm (bracelet). 78,0 g. Original box with outer carton, original travel pouch, papers and book. Three spare links.
The flyback function is one of the two most common functions on a chronograph. The name flyback comes from the fact that the hands fly back when the pusher is pressed. Unlike timepieces without a flyback function, chronographs with a flyback function can do this at the touch of a button. When the button is pressed, the current counting process is stopped, and the hands move back to «0». When the button is released again, the new process starts immediately. After its introduction in 1936, the flyback function was mainly appreciated by pilots who needed to start a new count quickly and easily in the cockpit without having to look.
Certificate and proof of purchase: Juwelier Nittel, Freiburg i.Br., 17./20.12.2004.
Proofs of revision: Jeager-LeCoultre, 12.12.2012, 17.12.2013 and 04.04.2023.

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