Reverso grande complication à triptyque
Displaying three dimensions of time on three faces, the Reverso grande complication à triptyque is a world first and a unique expression of the Manufacture's total mastery of both traditional finewatchmaking tradition and avant-garde technology. A few years ago Jaeger-LeCoultre set itself a challenge: to bring together civil, sidereal and perpetual time in the legendary reversible case. But the Reverso grande complication à triptyque's achievements go beyond this: its manually wound mechanical movement offers some unique subtleties of construction as well as extraordinary horological complications. On its front face, it has a tourbillon endowed with an ellipse isometer escapement, a masterpiece of design and execution whose transmission system does away with the traditional Swiss pallet. Inspired by marine escapements, it offers peerless precision. Its back face features a zodiacal calendar with an astronomical chart, an equation of time and sunrise and sunset times. The watch's third face is remarkable for its unique location: a perpetual calendar in the Reverso carriage. A highly original patented mechanism makes it possible to transmit energy from the movement to the carriage. In total, the timepiece boasts 18 complications, and has six patents pending.
A unique watch
The first watch with three faces
The first movement with three different time indications
A distinctive and innovative character, as attested by its six patents
Movement entirely created by the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre
Revolutionary new escapement
New zodiacal calendar
Exclusive and unique information exchange system between case and carriage
18 complications
24-hour indicator
Tourbillon with seconds indicated on its cage
Ellipse isometer escapement
Sidereal time
Zodiacal calendar
Representation of the celestial vault
Indication of the hour of sunrise
Indication of the hour of sunset
Equation of time
System for transmitting energy between case and carriage
Perpetual calendar
Instantaneousness of the perpetual calendar
Day of the week
Retrograde date system
Date
Month
Year (including leap year)
Ages and phases of the moon
Technical characteristics
Approximately 700 parts
Manually wound mechanical movement, the Calibre Jaeger-LeCoultre 175
21,600 vibrations/hour, 3 Hz
Two barrels (one for the movement one to provide the perpetual calendar's daily changeover energy)
48-hour power reserve
Water resistant to 30 metres
Limited series of 75 watches in platinum
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