Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Desk the chair of the U

the chair of the U

pieces such as this — a yellow gold automatic calendar with moon phase — are a perfect example of Audemars Piguet's design savoir-faire beyond the cherished Royal Oak collection

it was this integrity of design that carried Rolex through a decade marked as much by disappointment as triumph

favoring instead a steel tuning fork powered by electromagnets attached to a battery-powered transistor oscillator circuit as its timekeeper

quite bafflingly

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Desk the chair of the UThe Reverso, Jaeger LeCoultre's most distinctive watch, certainly has an impressive pedigree. Essentially one of the first sports watches, the Reverso combined utility with a sleek and elegant Art Deco exterior that has become an icon of horological design. But in the case of the Reverso, looks deceive. Though the Reverso appears at first glance a dress watch, it owes its existence to the gentlemanly sport of polo. While touring India in the early