Less Is More : The Art of the Ultra Thin Watch
What goes around, comes around –call them ultra thin or extra flat, thin dress watches are back, and a rose by any other name would be just as elegant. Though a newcomer to fine watchmaking in recent…
Haute Time: Reverso of Fortune–The Jaeger LeCoultre Grand Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931
Classics are classics for a reason. The Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso watch has been putting the haute in haute horlogerie (high watchmaking) for 80 years. Ironically, though the Reverso is now known as a…
Competition Piece: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition à Tourbillon Watch
The luxury watch industry as we know it hasn’t been around for all that long. It really began when cheaper-to-make quartz watches removed a lot of the relevancy that mechanical watches had up until th…
Haute Timepieces: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving GMT Lady
You know what I have never seen? A calculator decorated and studded with diamonds. Or how about a solid gold hammer? We typically aren’t used to tools getting such lavish treatments. The idea almost s…
