Category: JAEGER-LECOULTRE

July 13 2022

Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Enamel Hokusai ‘Amida Falls’

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The new Reverso Tribute Enamel Hokusai «Amida Falls» completes a trilogy of Reverso Tribute Enamel watches that pay homage to the 19th-century Japanese master Katsushika Hokusai.

This is a limited edition of 10 pieces, initially offered only in Japan. It continues and perpetuates the eastern and western artistic traditions that the Grande Maison has embraced throughout its history.

The case back is adorned with a detailed Grand Feu enamel reproduction of the woodblock printing of Hokusai’s The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisoji no oku Amida-ga-taki), which translates the fascination of the artist for the power of cascading water and monumental landforms and it is combined with a green Grand Feu enamel dial.

To reproduce the woodblock printing of the work “Amida Falls” on a surface of only three square centimetres (a little more than a tenth of the size of the original) required meticulous work by the master craftsmen of Jaeger-LeCoultre through many steps and representing a total of 70 hours of work over many weeks, including a total of between 12 to 15 separate firings at 800 degrees Celsius.

The diamond pattern in guilloché – whose texture is enhanced by the Grand Feu enamel in a shade of green – is executed by hand, using a centenary lathe, each of the 60 lines that make up the pattern requires three passes of the lathe, in a total of 600 passes, a process that alone takes about four hours, followed by the application of at least six coats of enamel each requiring a separate firing, in all over a week. Faceted hour indexes and Dauphine’s hands are applied to the dial, in addition to the brand’s logo at 12 o’clock.

The watch on the outside is set in a white gold case with sapphire crystal and 3 meters of water resistance and is offered on a black alligator leather strap.

Inside, the Caliber Jaeger-LeCoultre 822/2 manual movement operates at 21,600 Vph and offers up to 42 hours of power reserve.

Introducing the New Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Date

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In 2018 Jaeger-LeCoultre launched the Polaris Date, a watch inspired by its 1968 sporty model Memovox Polaris, aesthetically similar in almost everything. Since then, the Polaris collection has been adding new variants, not only with different colours but also with different complications such as the Polaris Date, Polaris Chronograph, Polaris Calendar, Polaris Mariner Date, Polaris Mariner Memovox and Polaris Perpetual Calendar, with the latter released this year 2022.

Now arrives the new variant of the Polaris Date with a green lacquered dial. The double-gradient dial depending on light exposure offers different shades of green across the dial, ranging from the lightest to the darkest tones. On the dial and as in the black variant, the same layout with a central minute track ring, Arabic numerals and hour markers in vanilla hue filled with Super-LumiNova as happens with the new skeletonized hands, date window at 3 o’clock and inner diving bezel with accents in orange.

The 42mm stainless steel case comes with the usual satin-finished surfaces, with polished chamfers on the case lugs and narrow bezel, two crowns at 2 and 4 o’clock, with the first controlling the inner diving bezel and the second the time setting and the date, front sapphire glass and on the case back, which is one of the other novelties, and lastly, 200 meters of water resistance.

Inside, it is powered by the latest generation of the Caliber 899 automatic movement, which offers up to 70 hours of power reserve and represents a valuable upgrade from the 38-hour reserve of the black variant.

Finally, the watch is offered with a rubber strap matching the hue of the dial and which comes with a quick-change system.

Our Opinion

When we have seen the arrival of countless watches with blue dials still contaminate by the “Tiffany blue dial” effect, the arrival of the new JLC Polaris in green is undoubtedly a breath of fresh air. In addition, the new Polaris Data has not just changed its face and has some interesting details that we had the opportunity to expose above.

Finally, we have to highlight the “renovated” Caliber 899 which now offers 70 hours of power reserve, which is much more in line with current reality and which will certainly make a difference for its user.

Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control 30th Anniversary Limited Edition

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This year is the 30th anniversary of Master Control and to mark the date, Jaeger-LeCoultre launches two limited editions of 800 pieces each, the Master Control Date and the Master Control Calendar which are distinguished by their deep blue dials with a sunray finish.

Both watches come with a 40mm diameter stainless steel case and a smooth bezel with an alternating polished and brushed finish, sapphire crystal on the front and case back and 50 meters of water resistance. On the blue dials, applied plated Arabic numbers and faceted triangles, dauphine hands and small hour dots all filled with luminescent material.

The Master Control Date also comes with a date window at 3 o’clock on the dial, and inside it is powered by the self-winding Caliber 899AC that offers up to 70 hours of power reserve.

As for the Master Control Calendar, it adds a dual inline day and month window at 12 o’clock, small-seconds with moon phase at 6 o’clock and an extra central hand with a red tip that provides the date with the help of a 31-day painted inner ring, which comes with a jump mechanism that allows the hand to jump from the 15th to the 16th day without ever covering the small seconds and the moon phase dial. Inside it’s powered by the self-winding Caliber 866AA, which is barely 1mm thicker than the Master Control Date’s Caliber but that offers exactly the same 70 hours of power reserve.

Both watches are offered with a leather strap matching the tone of the dial and prices are available on request.

Introducing the New Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième

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Jaeger-LeCoultre created in 1931 the Reverso, a watch for polo players that was made as a solution for protecting the glass of their watches while playing. Reverso was kept simple, a watch just to give the time and took 60 years for the brand to introduce complications on it. So, in 1991 was born Soixantième that add to the time, a power reserve indicator a date display and was at the same time the first Reverso coming with sapphire glass at the case back. Many other models with new complications followed.

In 2021, nine decades after been introduced, Jaeger-LeCoultre presents the new Reverso Tribute Nonantième.

The elegant Nonantième feature at front dial a pink gold case, with a silvered sunray-brushed dial, applied indexes and dauphine hands in gold, a small second with a moon phase aperture at 6 o’clock and a gold frame date window at 12 o’clock.

The solid pink-gold case back, come with two round apertures, arranged like a figure-eight and encircled by gadroons, the same rectilinear gadroons feature on the upper and lower edges of the case. The top aperture displays a semi-jumping digital hour indication, the same digital displays manufacture for wristwatches in the 1930s.

The large aperture below the hour provides the minutes through a rotating disk covered by a three-quarter plate lacquered in a blue within tiny golden stars recreating the night sky and at the centre a small circle with applied golden sun and moon, pass above a horizon, to indicate night and day.

Inside operates the completely new In-house manual movement Caliber 826, which provides the same time on both faces of the watch and offers up to 42 hours of power reserve.

The Reverso Tribute Nonantième is a Limited Edition of 190 pieces that is available exclusively on the brand boutiques at the price of € 39,000.

General Specifications:

Brand: Jaeger-LeCoultre

Model: Reverso Tributo Nonantième

Reference: Q711252J

Dial: Silver

Case Material: Pink gold

Case Dimensions: 49.4 x 29.9 mm, 11.72 mm thickness

Crystal: Sapphire Glass

Case Back: Sapphire Glass

Water Resistance: 30 Meters

Strap: Black alligator leather strap

Calibre: Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 826

Functions: Front display: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, moon phase; Back display: digital semi-jumping hour, minutes on a disk, night-day indication

Winding: Manual

Number of Parts: 230

Power Reserve: 42 Hours

Price: € 39,000

Limited Edition: Yes, 190 pieces

December 16 2020

Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Fagliano Limited Edition

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Next year, Jaeger-LeCoultre will celebrate 90 years of its most iconic watch, the Reverso, to mark that date, it has just launched a limited edition of this same model, with a burgundy red dial and pink gold case, the Reverso Tribute Duoface Fagliano.

The Reverso was first introduced in 1931, having been developed for the polo player, with the distinctive feature of all others being its flip-over box, which allowed to alternate between the dial with the hours and the solid rear box with a view to protecting the clock face. The simplicity of the dial combined with the flip-over case has won admirers all over the world making it one of the most well-known watches and the success was so great that new variants with different coloured dials quickly emerged, however, the first watch born bearing the prestigious name Reverso was exactly the same with a burgundy red dial.

The Reverso Duoface, however, only appeared in 1994, with two contrasting dials and each one with a different time zone, powered by the hand-wound Caliber 854A/2 and while on the main dial the hours can be adjusted using the crown positioned at the 3 o’clock, the secondary display or second-time zone is set using a discreet cursor placed on the top of the box and only visible momentarily when the display is changed on the watch.

The main dial follows the line of the original design of Reverso, with straight hour indexes and double markers at 12 o’clock, dauphine hands and a small subdial of seconds at 6 o’clock.

On the back, we find the stippled texture of Clous de Paris guillochage, which contrasts in the centre with two opaline dials, the largest that provides a second time zone, with hour indexes and dauphine hands, and a smaller dial below with day and night indicator.

The watch comes with a two-tone bracelet produced by the famous Casa Fagliano that also gives it its name, which produces polo boots. The materials used in the bracelet are cordovan leather and canvas, which are exactly the same materials used to produce polo boots in the summer season. All pieces are cut and sewn by hand.

This is a limited edition of only 190 pieces, which can be found exclusively at the brand’s boutiques for the price of € 23,400.

General Specifications:

Brand: Jaeger LeCoultre

Model: Reverso Tribute Duoface Fagliano

Reference: 398256J

Dial: Burgundy red and opaline with a stippled texture of Clous de Paris guillochage

Case Material: 19k Pink gold

Case Dimensions: 47 mm x 28,3 mm x 10,3 mm

Indexes: Applied gold

Crystal: Sapphire Crystal

Water Resistance: 30 meters

Caliber:854A/2

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, day/night indicator

Winding: Manual

Jewels: 26

Power Reserve: 42 Hours

Strap: Cordovan leather and canvas strap

Price: € 23,400

Limited Edition: 190 pieces

June 10 2020

The New Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Geographic

Ricardo Amaral JAEGER-LECOULTRE, NEW RELEASES 0

We had not yet had the opportunity to talk about the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Geographic at the time of the Watches&Wonders but the promise stayed and today we take a look at what seems to us one of the most special among the Master Control collection.

I don’t know why, but dual time zone watches have something magical, like a rabbit hole that transports us to a distant place and it’s a very good vibe, at least for travel lovers and as you already noticed I belong to that one tribe.

Master Control Geographic was first introduced in the 1990s, but with few variations compared to this new release, starting with the name, it used to be “Geographique” instead of the actual Geograpic, the old French title gave way to an English name, the other changes are in dimensions, the previous 39mm in diameter increased to 40mm and the previous 12mm in thickness decreased to 10,8mm.

But what holds our eyes on this new Master Control Geographic? It is a very good-looking watch and besides of its many complications doesn’t show to be ostentatious. It’s come in a stainless steel case (Q4128420) or in their Le Grand Rose Gold (Q4122520) with a silver dial marked with Arabic numbers at 3-9-12 hour’s and triangular indices in the remaining hour’s positions, in the dial we can also find a day indicator in an upper-right sub-dial and in the opposite side a big power reserve indicator, a hometime sub-dial at 6 o’clock with a tiny day/night indicator at 9 o’clock and at the bottom a city disk indicating the second time zone set. This JLC model has two crowns, the principal one at 3 o’clock used to set the local time and the date and a second one at 10 o’clock position to define the second time zone for the city disk in an incredibly simple way.

Other specifications: 40mm of diameter, 10.8mm of thickness, 70h of power reserve, an in-house automatic movement Caliber 939, 50 meters of water resistance, a novonappa calf or alligator strap and a price of €12,500 (Q4128420).

Category: JAEGER-LECOULTRE

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