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* Speaking of straps: the Casa Fagliano brown cordovan both feels great and looks great, and the watch also comes with a sleek matte black crocodile strap if you’d prefer a change of pace.
I also plan to pair this watch with the special strap containing teal highlights that Jaeger-LeCoultre offered to benefit ovarian cancer awareness and research (see Jaeger-LeCoultre Fights Ovarian Cancer With Collector Events).
* The stainless steel case is a winner. For me, there are some watches that just seem more natural in steel, and this is one of them. It provides a crisp look, contrasts well with the black dial, and makes the watch affordable enough that I might just convince myself to have the clean reverse side of the case adorned with some sort of personalized engraving, just like Jaeger-LeCoultre suggests!
* Limited production: this watch is not a numbered limited edition, as there are no markings on the case itself that indicate the number of watches with this specific design produced or the number of this watch within the series.
The only indication is on the back of the cordovan strap, where one can see the “Reverso 2012” marking branded into the leather.
While I might have preferred a formal limited edition, I do like knowing that only a limited number of this specific piece were produced.
* You can’t see through the case back, but if you could your eye would be greeted by Caliber 822, which is shaped to the dimensions of the watch. I am enough of a purist that I really don’t like “form watches” such as rectangular and tonneau-shaped cases that contain round movements.
The use of true “form movements” by Jaeger-LeCoultre, including the one in this watch, is a significant plus for me.
* Having exercised our x-ray vision to visualize the movement that ticks away inside, let’s return to the exterior aspects of this watch, starting with its thin profile. The “ultra-thin” designation applied by Jaeger-LeCoultre to this watch is accurate, in my view, and I find the resulting proportions of this watch really pleasing to the eye.
* As a result of all of this, the watch wears really well: on my wrist, and on the wrists of the many owners who rave about this watch and post the huge volume of wristshots of it that appear online.
If you’ve never had a Reverso on your wrist, or perhaps never even seriously considered a rectangular watch, I encourage you to try one of the variants of this “ultra-thin” line; you may well be surprised at how great it looks on you.
* Back to the start: it’s all about the people! While there are a lot of watches one could wear that elicit interest or even admiration, what I’ve found is that this is a watch that inspires friendship.
Whether in virtual online communities or in-person enthusiast get-togethers, people seem to like this watch in a fundamental way, and that leads to more of the connections and conversations that make watch enthusiasm such a great hobby.
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Credits: Article and images by @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/06/29/why-i-bought-it-jaeger-lecoultre-tribute-to-reverso-1931-2/