Jaeger-LeCoultre
The present limited edition Reverso timepiece incorporates one of the
most appreciated and historical complications in watchmaking: the
almighty perpetual calendar. As it often happens with complicated
Reverso timepieces, the second dial is completely dedicated to the
complication, featuring a central moonphase aperture surrounded on three
sides by the retrograde date track. Two smaller, specular subsidiary
counters in the lower part of the dial inform about the month and day of
the week. The overall design of the dial is supremely legible and
balanced, an effect achievable thank to the fact that the time
indication is on the main dial. In fact, the main dial does have a
calendar feature: the leap year cycle indication. While one might expect
to find the more useful date indication, Jaeger-leCoultre decided to
feature the leap year on the main display, so that those that know what
they are looking at would immediately understand to be in the presence
of a perpetual calendar. Understated Swiss exhibitionism at its best.