Have
been toying with the idea of adding to my collection and the Jaeger
leCoultre reverso is perhaps the model I wish to purchase. I already have a few Jaeger LeCoultre watches but they are all round case models and mostly vintage.
If I manage to find a Reverso it can be either pre-owned and/or vintage
as long as it is in good condition and at the right price.
I thought it would simply be a case of picking a good condition model
and that would be it – BUT – what I hadn't bargained for was the sheer
variety of Reverso models that there are. Couple that with my personal preferences feature wise and you will quickly see my dilemma.
There are literally dozens of versions available currently and each
year something different appears, so including vintage models, the
choices are pretty daunting.
Advert for the original Reverso (www.timeandwatches.com/p/jaeger-lecoultre-reverso-history.html)
Now I'm not about to do a piece on the history of the Reverso, firstly
as there are a few versions (a bit like their watch) of the story and
there are dedicated sites for that subject.
Suffice to say that back in 1930/1 in India at a polo match, watched by
Watch Collector César de Trey, a player broke his watch glass and
wondered if there was watch that would withstand a polo match.
That conversation soon got to the ear of Jacques-David LeCoultre and
following on from that – Jaeger SA made the case in conjunction with
French designer René-Alfred Chauvot and the slide and flip mechanism was
born. And they've been making this watch ever since.
One of my favorites
There are what I call the basic ones, where the watch dial is only on
the front, the back being reserved for engraving etc. Then there are
dial faces front and back which I suppose rather defeats the whole point
of the watch, which was to protect the glass dial, but as most of us
don't play Polo, who cares!
Some folks like to have a day watch and a night watch, or dial at the
front and skeleton back or/and goodness knows what else – suffice to say
– there are lots of different ones!bekijk meer
imitatie rolex en
hublot red devil bang
