Fast Take
New from Watches & Wonders, now we have the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Purple-Wine. It is a slender model of the traditional swivel-cased watch impressed by Reverso watches made for ladies again within the 1930s. In line with the heritage and conventional aesthetics of the Reverso, this new girls’ mannequin has a design influenced by Artwork Deco, the predominant design motion on the time the Reverso was born. This may be seen significantly on the dial, whose Arabic numerals framed on the corners, sunray guilloché sample in crimson, and handset all converse to the 1930s origins of the Reverso. I additionally suppose that the second sunray sample on the internal portion of the outer case, revealed solely when the case is actively being opened, is a wonderful Artwork Deco contact and one which solely the proprietor is prone to see.
Inside is the cal. 657, an in-house quartz motion from JLC, which has lengthy manufactured quartz actions and presently makes use of them principally in its girls’ fashions that require a smaller type issue. One would possibly argue that for a dressy watch like this, which eschews a seconds hand and has a closed again (which has been left clean for individualized engraving, as a service supplied by the manufacture), quartz is a fairly logical selection. Usually in males’s and different girls’ Reversos, you will see easy hand-wound actions employed, primarily with a view to hold the internal case, which has to suit inside the outer case, from being too giant. Quartz presents the same profit. I nonetheless bear in mind the primary high-end quartz motion I ever noticed in particular person. It was from JLC, and it had a degree of ornament utilized to it, within the type of Geneva waves, that a budding younger watch man of 23 did not even know was potential in a quartz caliber.
However what actually makes this model is its crimson lacquer guilloché dial, which is achieved by the appliance of a number of layers of lacquer on high of a refined guilloché sample. Crafting dials on this approach requires a synthesis of disparate métiers and is consultant of the form of endlessly specialised artisanal work that JLC is ready to do. Working example: the swiveling, diamond-set internal case we see framing the dial.
Preliminary Ideas
The Reverso is a sports activities watch that has transcended its previous on the polo fields of British India to turn into thought to be one thing actually elegant and distinct from its equestrian previous. Most watch aficionados at present would establish it as a costume watch first. It is also the JLC mannequin that individuals who aren’t terribly deep into watches are likely to find out about. (I distinctly bear in mind sitting at a hibachi restaurant in Fairfield, Connecticut about ten years in the past and complimenting a stranger at our desk on his Reverso. He wasn’t a watch man, only a businessman grabbing a fast Japanese lunch within the burbs. I discovered this truth attention-grabbing, as I might to that time regarded the Reverso as a distinct segment product.)
Level being, the Reverso is a watch with huge cultural attain. It is simply essentially the most well-known case design employed by a watch firm principally recognized for what goes contained in the case.
So it is sensible that Jaeger-LeCoultre would iterate on the Reverso fairly a bit. There have been makes an attempt to take it again in a barely extra sporty route, reminiscent of with the Reverso Squadra of the aughts. There was the Reverso Tribute to 1931, which channeled the immense attraction of the unique Reverso’s design. With Reverso One, now out there with a diamond-set case and a red-wine coloured dial, now we have a fairly dressy and slender tackle the Reverso for ladies.
The Fundamentals
Model: Jaeger-LeCoultre
Mannequin: Reverso One Purple-Wine
Reference Quantity: Q3288560
Diameter: 40mm x 20mm
Thickness: 7.9mm
Case Materials: Chrome steel, diamond set with 27 diamonds totaling zero.three carats
Dial Coloration: Purple-wine guilloché lacquer
Indexes: Arabic numerals
Lume: No
Water Resistance: three bar
Strap/Bracelet: Alligator strap
The Motion
Caliber: 657 quartz motion
Features: Hours, minutes
Jewels: four
Pricing & Availability
Worth: $5,300
Availability: June 2020
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