Jaeger-LeCoultreReverso

The Reverso is the 1931 swivelling rectangular case, patented by René-Alfred Chauvot so polo players could protect the dial during a match. This library holds 216 references, 164 of them hand-wound.

About the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso

The mechanism is the whole idea: the case slides in its carrier and flips over, so the watch can be worn with the dial or the solid back facing out. The Art Deco proportions, the three gadroons top and bottom and the rectangular movement have not changed. The collection was revived in the 1980s and grew its complications in the 1990s, with the Tourbillon of 1993, the Minute Repeater of 1994 and the Duoface of the same year, which uses the reverse side for a second time zone on a second dial driven by the same movement. 104 references here have a dial on both sides.

The hand-wound rectangular calibers define the line. The 822 and its 822/2 and 822A/2 revisions power 51 references, the 846/1 of the Grande Reverso Lady Ultra Thin 25, and the 844 23. The 854A/2 is the Duoface movement, in 14, and the 968A the automatic in the Classic Large. The quartz 657 of the Reverso One and the ladies' models accounts for 31.

The case widths in this catalogue run from 20 mm to 37.7 mm; the 27.4 mm of the Classic Medium and Tribute is the most common at 46 references, the 24.4 mm Small at 23 and the 29.9 mm Large at 16. Steel accounts for 123 cases, pink gold for 59 and white gold for 24. Silver dials lead at 138, and the tourbillon and minute repeater references mark the top of the range. Water resistance is 30 m throughout. 29 references are limited editions.

The Master Ultra Thin is the round dress line, the Duomètre the twin-barrel one, and the Rendez-Vous the ladies' collection.

All models in this collection216