Posted on November 22. 2023 at 18:02
We worth our originality and geometric boldness, and rectangular watches emanate from that too.
Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Tribute Chronograph Watch: Icon meets sport
Tiré du latin “I come again”, the Reverso porte bien son nom. The title refers back to the most important college of the shape: it has the flexibility to chop in its assist of the axis round itself. It was the yr 1931, and this rectangular watch was developed from the spirit of artwork with a reversible field that allowed the body to be positioned on chocolate thread throughout the events of polo officers of the British Military posted to India. The Reverso has now turn into a logo of classic magnificence honored by the daring Reverso Chronograph offered on the newest version of the Geneva Salon of Watches and Wonders. The model was created in 1996, with the animated Reverso Chronograph Caliber 829, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s first chronograph motion. The 2023 version, with a really sporty enchantment which by all proof has confirmed to replicate the piece of the years from 1990, is housed in a metal case measuring 49,4 mm excessive and 29,9 mm in diameter with 11,14 mm d’épaisseur.
On the entrance, towards a background of a sunny blue-gray body, it will get grace from a titanium oxide overlay course of. An hour index is utilized and is adopted by a minute system that operates within the type of a dauphine. A confirmed basic, however really additional again – with the richer bezel – you’ll benefit from the true spectacle of this Tribute Version with out the chronograph mechanism transferring throughout a delayed bezel, renewed from the Côtes de Genève embellished dots.
It shows centered chronograph seconds and retrograde minutes, and is positioned in a 6-hour round arc. This point-pixel mechanical instrument is rhythmically pushed by the chronograph trade’s new calibre, with guide resetting. Comprised of 300 parts, the oblong motion presents a 52-hour market reserve. Thus, the piece is delivered with two interchangeable straps in leather-based, material or leather-based from the Home of Fagliano.
Prize: 27,000 euros.
Longines – Mini Dolce Vita: Italian femininity and magnificence
Whereas some iconic rectangular watches appear to seize all the eye (Cartier Tank, Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, LIP Chruchill…), this yr Longines arrived with the Mini DolceVita assortment that must be a fantastic business success. The truth is, Saint-Imier started manufacturing rectangular molds within the 1910s and within the Nineteen Twenties and Thirties, it launched designs for field fashions with totally different frames.
Since 1997, DolceVita has been the distinctive assortment that has the worth of rectangular Longines watches with out the geometric references added with extra inventive touches corresponding to sectorial frames, Roman engravings or embellished woods. After re-releasing the primary providing of the watch line in 2015, Longines is providing a brand new therapy for younger individuals within the fashion of DolceVita with out the slogan “Magnificence is an angle” not chopping it. The brand new assortment, Mini DolceVita, is predicated on creating femininity and magnificence in a easy kind and in a unique mild kind relying on the prevailing assortment. Plus, being small in dimension, it creates extra scents that present extra novelty.
All the brand new particulars are housed in an oblong stainless-steel case measuring 21,5 mm x 29 mm (casting 6,75 mm clear), on a retro reference on the sides of the case fabricated from 38 diamonds from Prime Wesselton. Montre-bijoux, a coloration card recreation with a blue body might be rhythmic by glowing arrows and with an authentic index wave and a Roman inscription carved in a small second performed for six hours. Small caliber, this Mini DolceVita is a quartz motion. 30 meters away, her door opens on a blue alligator leather-based bracelet.
Prize: 4000 euros.