Jaeger-LeCoultre created a tremendous impression with Reverso’s first 4-dial, 11-complicated, 12 patented watch for its 90th anniversary.
The physical leg of Watches and Wonders in Shanghai will end today, it was a different experience for all of us. Whereas watch brands are trying to get used to making a digital fair (the fair was made digital last year, but it was not as extensive as this year), we watch editors tried to understand the watches introduced in a busy program that almost did not have time to eat. We wanted to act as a newspaper with our articles that we wrote at evenings.
Apart from the workload, the novelties excited us like children who were taken to a toy store. Especially one of these watches was the kind that deserves to be our last article about the fair: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185. Otherwise, the first four-sided watch (and has 11 complication) of horology world.
Reverso’s name inspired by the Latin “I turn around”. In the 1931, it was created to withstand the rigours of British Polo players in India. The timepiece was protected by rotating the dial during the game. Over time, this second dial has become an area of embroidery, personalization, and has become one of the most enormous watches that can be gifted.
This year, we celebrate the 90th anniversary of this unique model. For this anniversary, “the great manufacturer” Jaeger LeCoultre also takes the Hybris Mechanica one step further, which is to be expected from being skillful enough to combine a full 180 talent in its history and maison. The Reverso Hybris Mechanica à Triptyque, the platinum three-dial version of the , which we saw in 2003 for the first time, it was produced to 75 pieces in 2006. celebrations had started with a book that contains its history and important examples on its ninth anniversary, now it continues with the first 4-dial watch.
