Jaeger-LeCoultre Unveils a Gorgeous Full Pink Gold Reverso Tribute Chronograph

In comparison with its yellow and white cousins, rose gold has a method of being each polarizing and under-the-radar concurrently. Adore it or hate it, you may’t actually deny the strangle-hold that this colorway had on millennial Instagram feeds circa-2015. Fortunately, it’s gotten a bit extra grown-up lately, most notably within the newest iteration of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Chronograph.

Now, you could be pondering: Brett, you fool. We already know there’s a pink gold Reverso Tribute Chronograph. And also you’d be right. However now, the Swiss watchmakers have taken it one step additional with a full pink gold reference. As an alternative of simply the case being in 18k (750/1000) pink gold, the dial, motion bridges, utilized indexes, and pin buckle will even have a rosy hue to it.

This coloration particularly enhances the Artwork Deco aesthetics of the watch, giving it simply the slightest improve to the mannequin with out veering too far into modernity. Having been round since 1931, it’s a kind of traditional designs that wants little or no enchancment (and even much less of an introduction). First designed for polo gamers, because the flip-action of the case added just a little little bit of safety for the crystal throughout a match, it has since change into one of the vital iconic silhouettes in horology. It has all of the appeal of, say, a Tank, however the little bit of motion provides it simply one thing extra, I discover.

And that one thing extra is finest attributed to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s continued minor upgrades that also maintain the legacy of the unique design alive and effectively. On this newest reference, a brand new end to the dial has been launched whereby the rose gold floor has been laser-etched with horizontal traces that mirror the oblong Reverso case. Couple this with the trapezoidal indices and chemin de fer minutes monitor and you’ve got a watch that’s simply as a lot a contemporary reference as it’s a traditional.

Flipping the case over, you’ll discover the internal workings of the Reverso’s chronograph. Right here, the counters, chronograph seconds and minute tracks are highlighted in black whereas the blue fingers and screws bridge the hole between the darkish black and the tender pale pink of the gold backdrop and indices. 

And talking of that chronograph, the watch is powered by a Jaeger-LeCoultre Caliber 860. Highlights of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Caliber 860 embrace its absolutely built-in hand-wound chronograph motion with begin/cease and reset pushers, a retrograde 30-minute counter, and central seconds. Additional, being a Reverso, it powers two units of fingers and provides 52 hours of energy reserve. All of this whereas assembly the maison’s pointers {that a} motion from the home must be formed in accordance with the case that it homes, that means not solely does the 860 should be rectangular, it additionally has to suit the slim design of simply 11.14mm thickness.

The Reverso Tribute Chronograph in Pink Gold is a restricted manufacturing of simply 250 items. Two straps might be supplied for this mannequin: a tan calf leather-based strap and a black alligator strap. It’s obtainable for preorder now with a price ticket of $63,500.