Jaeger-LeCoultre - New Reverso Repetition Minutes a Rideau
New Reverso Repetition Minutes a Rideau: technology dedicated to emotions While technology may convince and appeal, only emotions can make a watch truly unforgettable. The kind of emotions that arise when such a miniaturised and sophisticated mechanism is dedicated to flattering the senses and generating authentic pleasure.In 2006, with the Reverso grande complication a triptyque, Jaeger-LeCoultre succeeded for the very first time in equipping a watch with three dials by using the two faces of the case as well as the carrier base! 18 functions had thus been united within a single watch, a performance saluted by the filing of six different patents.This year, the Manufacture is achieving a similar feat but in an entirely different way, by creating several faces thanks to a pivoting curtain that alternately conceals one or other of the dials. The result is four sides and four faces composing an aesthetic and technical accomplishment to which Jaeger-LeCoultre has added an additional tour de force: the operation of one of the noblest horological complications, the minute repeater mechanism, which marks the passing of time by striking the hours, quarters and minutes on demand with an incomparably pure, full-bodied sound. The acoustic quality of a striking watch essentially depends on the gongs which are essential elements in producing the sound. In order to ensure its watches emit a pure and melodious tone, Jaeger-LeCoultre has developed gongs made from a special alloy and machined all of a piece. Their section is square rather than round as is normally the case, in order to provide a larger contact surface for the hammer, which can thus strike with increased force.
Simply using a fingertip to slide the curtain masking one of the sides of the case reveals its hidden beauty while also activating the minute repeater mechanism! Sliding the white gold window enables the observer to follow the action of the two tiny hammers viewed through the sapphire crystal. To achieve this, the watchmakers have invented a distinctive mechanism they have called "trebuchet hammers" that further enhance the acoustic properties of the striking mechanism. Rather than using a traditional hammer, they have devised a dual-axis construction with a special articulated mobile arm. Activating the mechanism accelerates the movement of the hammers until they touch a tiny fingerpiece which in turn releases a second mobile arm in order to further increase the speed of the hammers at the time of impact. This method uses around 80 per cent of the force deployed by the spring, whereas the traditional system transmits only 10 to 30 per cent of the energy initially exercised.
The manually-wound Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 944 which has just been created marries the traditional art of watchmaking with contemporary technology in a peerlessly refined and elegant manner: all the parts are adorned with Clous de Paris and Côtes de Geneve motifs, circular-grained, snailed, or feature a satin-brushed finish, thereby underscoring the classic beauty of the construction. The steel parts are polished and chamfered, the adjustment screws are blued and the fastening screws are rhodium-plated.
The bridges and mainplate are made in nickel silver, which sets the finishing touch to a classic decoration combined with modern materials.
In order to demonstrate the reliability of its construction, the Reverso Repetition Minutes a Rideau is once again submitted after assembly and casing up to the famous Jaeger-LeCoultre 1000 Hours chronometry test. The Reverso Repetition Minutes a Rideau, issued in a 75-piece limited series in white gold, pays tribute to the exclusive nature of a movement that is so complex and features such an infinitely subtle array of interactions between the movement and the exterior that it absolutely must be assembled and adjusted by a single master-watchmaker.By illustrating Jaeger-LeCoultre's know-how in the field of Fine Watchmaking and by uniting it within a single timepiece, this Grande Complication certainly deserves to find its place within the Hybris Mechanica collection. It embodies the quintessence of classical horology combined with cutting-edge technical solutions.Developed by the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre which has built up a heritage composed of more than 200 different calibres equipped with striking mechanisms - three-hammer chimes, silent regulator, "Cathedral" gongs of automatons with jacks - the unprecedented Reverso Repetition Minutes a Rideau invents a new gesture, a new vision, and a whole new set of emotions…
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