Master Grande Tradition Minute Repeater Starry Night over the Rhone

In Context

At 39 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. At 12.2 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 50 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 360 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

50924E1 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a blue dial with a pink gold case. Introduced in 2016. Beyond the time it carries a minute repeater.

Jaeger LeCoultre caliber 947 is a hand-wound movement with a power reserve of 15 days. It features a minute repeater and both a power reserve as well as a barrel torque indicator.The gong is JLC's prorietary 'crystal gong'.