In keeping with the theme of tributes to complicated 1990s Reverso references, the fresh Reverso Tribute Minute Repeater makes use of a brand new movement, the Calibre 953, to offer a chiming complication in the guise of a duoface watch. On the watch’s obverse, a teal blue dial in grand feu enamel presents a dynamic barley-seed pattern that requires 12 hours of meticulous hand-work to create. The openworked reverse, meanwhile, displays the beautifully finished Calibre 953 amidst faceted hour indices and a handsome chemin de fer minute track. A discrete slider on the watch case controls the minute repeater function.
The Calibre 953, which includes seven patented functions, is merely the latest in a long line of chiming watches stretching back to 1870, when the maison completed its first minute repeater.
And this movement isn’t the only innovative part of the new Reverso Tribute Minute Repeater: The adjustable pink gold folding buckle on the black alligator leather strap alone features some 46 individual components. Completing the look of this limited edition of just 30 pieces, it’s evidence of the lengths that Jaeger-LeCoultre is willing to go to maintain constant innovation in the historic and important Reverso product family.
Case Size: 31 mm
Case Material: 18-karat Pink gold
Power Reserve: 48 hours
Strap: Black alligator leather with small-scale alligator lining
Price: TBD
From the article by Paige Reddinger, Oren Hartov, Victoria Gomelsky, Carol Besler, Justin Fenner
