Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2 Red Gold

In Context

At 46.8 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 16.5 mm it is very tall, and sits high off the wrist. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 65 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

203S540 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a skeleton dial with a red gold case.

Mechanical automatic winding movement, 569 parts, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 60-hour power-reserve. Oscillating weight with platinum segment held by 3 arms. Functions: hour, minute, date, second time zone. Chronograph: hour, digital jumping minute counter, seconds. Radial power-reserve, functions selector.

2 other watches in the library run the Jaeger-LeCoultre 780.

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2 Titanium

203T541 · 46.8 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2 Titanium

203T540 · 46.8 mm