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Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso 976 Ceniceros Edition Technical Specifications
Oct 26, 2011,01:31 AM
Jaeger-LeCoultre GRANDE REVERSO 976
Guillermo Ceniceros Special Edition
"The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is recognized by watchmaking connoisseurs as an Art Deco icon that stands out from other horological creations with a case that slides at the base and rotates completely on itself. It was perhaps this uniqueness and originality that drove Jaeger-LeCoultre to create a unique Special Edition linked to conceptual art that pays homage to the renowned Mexican painter, muralist, and engraver Guillermo Ceniceros. This magnificent association takes shape in the impressive Grande Reverso 976 Guillermo Ceniceros Special Edition.
Guillermo Ceniceros was born in 1939 in El Salto, a town in the Mexican state of Durango. He got a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Nuevo Leon and was part of a team assembled by the famous Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros to create seven of his celebrated murals. In 1969, he received a special award from Mexico’s Ministry of Education and was later nominated for the World Art Contest. His works have received international accolades and are featured in public and private collections all around the world. Ceniceros is a figurative artist whose work focuses on the study of form, space, and the subject’s overall harmony, with particular emphasis on female subjects. He creates his own materials and working implements.
Like the Reverso’s design, Ceniceros’ work has evolved while remaining faithful to its own personality, flowing through a wide range of theme variations. Itself a precious vessel, the Reverso holds a veritable treasure of passion and watchmaking prowess, essential values it shares with the work of this outstanding Mexican artist, perpetuated in murals such as “Auguries and Premonitions,” a 90-square-foot masterpiece that decorates the building of the Mexican Foreign Trade Bank, or the recently unveiled “Constituent Congress,” in Mexico’s legislative building.
Underneath its classic, timeless features, the Grande Reverso 976 conceals a 21st century horological mechanism. Its large variable inertia balance is housed at the bottom of this masterpiece’s case, capable of producing 28,800 vibrations per hour, giving the Reverso remarkable accuracy. A special mechanism allows forward or backward adjustment of the hours in one-hour increments without affecting the minute and second precision. The Grande Reverso boasts an unprecedented 30 x 48.5 mm case and its most notable feature is its splendidly simple black dial with finished indices in vintage orange tint, embellished with traditional Art Deco numerals and dual finishing. The center rectangle is guilloched and has a Clous de Paris engraving, and the outside features a satin finish. This delicate ornamental interplay is repeated in the small seconds hand located at the 6 o’clock position.
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre decided to invite renowned artists and engravers to create exceptional works of art that will be featured on the case back. For Mexico, the Manufacture chose to commemorate the artistic career of Guillermo Cisneros. The work of art engraved in the back of the case of this special edition expresses two different elements: man’s duality from a modernistic perspective in the stainless steel edition; and man in motion in the rose gold edition."
Two Limited Series
The first model of the GRAN
REVERSO 976 Guillermo Ceniceros Edition will feature a stainless steel case
with lacquer engraving and will be limited to 50 pieces. The second edition
will be produced in rose gold, featuring a fully engraved case, and will be
limited to 10 pieces.
Description:
Grande Reverso 976 –
Guillermo Ceniceros Limited Edition
CALIBER: JAEGER-LECOULTRE: 976
MOVEMENT: Hand winding
Number of pieces: 151
Vibrations per hour: 28,800
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 19
Barrel: 1
Height: 4.15 mm
FUNCTIONS: Hour - Minute
Seconds
CASE: Stainless
steel
Limited to 50 pieces, REF: Q373847M
Rose gold
limited to 10 pieces, REF: Q373247M
HANDS AND NUMERALS: Sword, vintage orange tint numerals and hands
STRAP/BRACELET: Alligator leather
BUCKLE: Double folding buckle 20.0 mm
Manufacture
Jaeger-LeCoultre
A major player in watchmaking history since 1833,
Jaeger-LeCoultre is the first Manufacture to have been established in the
Vallee de Joux, Switzerland. It played a pioneering role by uniting the full
range of technical and artistic professions under one roof and made an
indelible imprint on the watchmaking development of the entire region. The
Manufacture has an impressive range of world firsts, superlative creations and
legendary models to its credit, including the Reverso, the Duoplan, the Master
Control, the Memovox Polaris, the Gyrotourbillon and the Atmos. Guided by
time-honored know-how and a constant quest for technical enhancements, the
master-watchmakers, engineers and technicians craft each watch in harmony with
the same passion. Each masterpiece, heir to 178 years of expertise, calls for
the exercise of no less than 40 professions and benefits from cutting-edge
technologies while being crafted in harmony with the noblest traditions of the
Vallee de Joux. Building on a vast heritage encompassing over 1,200 calibres
and over 300 registered patents, Jaeger-LeCoultre remains the reference in
high-end watchmaking.
www.jaeger-lecoultre.com
This message has been edited by ED209 on 2011-10-26 01:38:00