Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième: A New Complication Marks 90 Years of Innovation
Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced its Reverso watch in 1931, meaning that the iconic dual-face timekeeper is celebrating 90 years in production in 2021. During the recent Watches & Wonders exhibitions in Geneva and Shanghai, and in keeping with tradition, the Swiss watchmaker has unveiled (and will likely to continue to unveil throughout the year) a number of special timepieces in commemoration of the milestone. The one that dropped in Shanghai last week, the Reverso Tribute Nonantième, is perhaps the most noteworthy from a historical perspective, as it brings an entirely new complication to the venerable series.
Believe it or not, it took no fewer than 60 years for Jaeger-LeCoultre to add any complications at all to the original, time-only Reverso. The first was the Reverso Soixantième in 1991, which marked the model’s 60th anniversary and displayed the date and a power reserve. Many other complications would follow: a Reverso Tourbillon in 1993, a minute repeater in 1994, a perpetual calendar in 2000, and, to mark the 70th anniversary in 2001, the Reverso Septantième with a then-unprecedented eight-day power reserve. The Reverso collection now encompasses numerous complications, and combinations of functions, but up until this year has never hosted a semi-jumping, digital hour display. The Nonantiéme edition (French for “ninetieth”) brings this functionality to the Reverso’s double dials and rectangular, swiveling case architecture for the...
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