Originally conceived for polo players in 1931, Reverso with a flippable rectangular case and Art Deco lines became a design icon.
Jaeger-LeCoultre shows its gemsetting expertise on two pink-gold Reverso One Duetto Jewellery models matched with a black leather strap or a bracelet adorned with diamonds.
Around 180 different skills are brought under one roof at Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre in Le Sentier, in Switzerland's Vallée de Joux.
The gemsetters of its Métiers Rares workshops used the grain-setting technique, anchoring the diamonds with tiny, almost invisible gold beads that give the precious stones an unparalleled sparkle.
Diamonds cover the entire case back and wrap seamlessly around its curved sides to frame the dial. Mastery is especially required for the bracelet, as four diamonds are set within the tiny dimensions of each pink gold link.
The bracelet is illuminated by 384 diamonds and the number of precious stones on the high-jewellery version totals 719.
Launched in 1997, the Reverso Duetto boasts two back-to-back dials, each with a set of hands driven by a single movement but turning in opposite directions in order to display the same time correctly on both sides.
The front of the new timepieces features a silvered sunray dial with guilloché decoration as well as applied Arabic hour numerals and markers, while the reverse dial differs in black lacquer with tiny gold flakes and Art Deco-style gold hour markers.
Developed and produced in-house, the hand-wound Calibre 844 ensures timekeeping precision on the non-identical twin dial along with a power reserve of 50 hours.
High-jewellery version sparkles with 719 grain-set diamonds.
