Jaeger-LeCoultre

The Reverso Date first appeared in the catalog in 1998, to be discontinued in 2003.Maybe because Jaeger-Lecoultre thought that the Reverso 8 Days Grande Date replaced it?

That is not my opinion. Indeed, the Reverso Grande Date and the Reverso Date are two very different concepts.

While the Grande Date has a big case ( XGT ) and a 8 Days movement, it doesn't offer the day AND the date, just the date.

Here, you have, with the Reverso Date, a GT case ( 42 x 26 mm ) a strong reminiscence of the Past, a Past which started, for wristwatches indicating the day and the date, in the early Thirties with the Calendrier ( the round one, the rectangular came a bit after ) :

The Reverso Date came in a stainless steel version and in rose gold, too, both sharing the same dial, and, at the end, in a sublime white gold case / black dial configuration, the dial showing some floral numbers, really sublime!

But, in stainless steel, this Watch doesn't lack interest nor charm.

Here are some pictures I could recently take:

 

 

To appreciate without moderation ( our dear Dje's one, taken in picture some 6 years ago:

 

And a last one, the latest Reverso Tribute Calendar, to put things in perspective: 

Best,

Nicolas

a few weeks after this try, I wanted to see it again ... and buy it but I'm afraid it was sold by it was no longer in the window. The shop's owner wasn't here and the representative didn't know anything about something else that Rolex.

We no longer used to seeing this kind of dial configuration on modern watches, but it does not lack of interest.

For the new one, sorry but to big, that's a pity, everything was correct. Let's hope that Jaeger lecoultre  has made the right choices