Reverso Classic (Silver Dial)

Name: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic (Silver Dial)
Brand: Jaeger-LeCoultre
SKU: Q3022420
Availability: InStock

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Case46 x 29mm 18k rose gold

DialSilver, Arabic numerals

Movement878

StrapLeather

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The Reverso was invented in 1931 so polo players could flip their dial away from the ball, and its Art Deco case has never needed a redesign. It is the rectangle by which all others are judged.

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Classic, here in 46 x 29mm 18k rose gold, carrying a silver, arabic numerals display. 878 keeps it running.

Fun fact: The Reverso case was patented in 1931 so British officers could flip the dial away from a polo mallet. The blank back became a canvas: Jaeger-LeCoultre still engraves and enamels them to order.

The collection

Reverso

A 1931 rectangle on a case that flips over by hand.

The Reverso arrived in 1931, patented by René-Alfred Chauvot and made for LeCoultre, with a case that slides and flips in its carrier so, as the story goes, polo players could turn the glass out of harm's way. The Art Deco shape survived a long quiet spell and a revival, and the case is still a rectangle with three gadroons top and bottom. The family runs from time only pieces to Duoface models carrying a second dial on the back.

flip case in its carrier
three gadroons top and bottom
Art Deco rectangular case
blank reverse on plainer models

Sizes in the family

roughly 34mm to 51mm long, 20mm to 31mm wide

Who it suits

For the buyer who wants a rectangular dress watch with real mechanism to it, and a plain back worth engraving.

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Reverso Classic (Silver Dial)

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