Jaeger-LeCoultre

...a very beautiful Reverso classic

This is a very nice and thin Reverso...but beside the caliber which is 846, I don't know much about this specific model of Reverso (I searced the net but I did't find much...I understand that there were aprox. 600 Reversos like this made). If anybody knows more, please fill in the blanks for me! Thank you! And I know, I am a sucker for vintage men sized watches...I really do not understand watches cased in a more than 42 mm. (even 42 mm it seems to big, from my point of view). This message has been edited by staiku on 2010-01-06 14:55:43 This message has been edited by staiku on 2010-01-06 15:00:29

I used to have one of these. The model name is "Or Deco", the reference is 250.2.86.

It was not a limited edition, but was produced in small quantities over a relatively short time at the end of the 1990's

This is I believe the only reverso watch in the 'classic' size to have ever been produced in pink gold.

The dial design was a recreation of a 1940's dial from the original reverso.

A reverso we definitively don't see very frequently, and IMHO one of the nicest of the 'modern' (well, now a neo-vintage) Reversos

 

 

 

 

That is a beautiful Reverso.  Interesting about it being the only pink gold Reverso in the "classic" size.

respo 

Perfect on your wrist, and not that small...

You have PMs, by the way.It seems that the PM box is not working very well.

Best,

Nicolas

I just ask, and you can produce any photograph of any JLC.  LOL. 

It looks great on the wrist as well.  Really an attractive Rverso. 

So, when we say it is the "classic Reverso size," do we mean 23 x 38 mm of the Vintage Reverso from 1931, or is it the GT size of 26 x 4.25mm, or is there a mid-size between these two, or perhaps many variations between these two sizes?  (I know that there are larger than the GT size Reversos and Squadras.)  Which size case is this Deco?

Thanks again for posting the wrist shot. 

respo

 

This is the "classic size" 23 x 38 mm of the Vintage Reverso from 1931

Are you testing me on the pictures ?

Here we go then

 

 

I won't play that game with you. LOL.  Thanks for the clarification and the additional side by side shot.  You continue to astound me.

respo

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Thank you a lot, Clavi for the plenty of info regarding my recent purchase. I was very fortunate to find one in Romania, so I could see it 'in flesh' before I buy it...I was looking for almost a year after a classic Reverso but I couldn't decide...and when I saw this beauty and the fact that it was in mint condition, well this was the click that I need it to make the next step .
It does attract many jealous eyes on my wrist... although I have other interesting watches, this was the only one that even my mother ask me: "What is this!"
Oh, and you take also very nice pictures of your watches...I hope someday I will manage to do this too.

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I've yet to get a Jaeger and hope to one day acquire one.

Aloha,

Bob

Thanks a lot for posting it here, and huge congrats on this awesome Reverso.

This Or Déco existed in RG, with a white or a black dial, and in WG, with a Black or a Salmon dial, and there was also, beside the Classique size, a smaller one, the Lady, always in RG, but with a Black or White dial.

Now, I'm pretty sure that it won't be your last JLC, as there are some great marvels to discover, in the Vintage or in the Modern watches.

As you spoke about the size, I don't think it really matters.

What is more important than the size, is, IMO, the harmony of the ratio size / thickness.

Too small but too thick is not good, for example.

But we'll discuss it further.

Fro now, just enjoy your beautiful Or Deco, and please, feel free to post many pics of it!

Best,

Nicolas

gorgeous

... all of you for the posts! I really appreciate your opinions! Unfortunately my photo skills are very poor (despite my Nikon D80), so as far as the pictures quality that I'm posting here, they don't do justice for the real beauty of this watch...lucky that we have Clavi ...Thank you again!!!
I know for sure that won't be the last JLC in my humble collection...will see...maybe a MUT or a vintage Memovox!!!