LeCOULTRE Reverso / 1940s Early Example, Patina Dial

— An intelligent design that turns an era over —

The Reverso was born in 1931 to protect the crystal from the impacts of a hard game of polo.

Behind it lay the passion of British aristocrats and the fine engineering Switzerland is proud of.

In the moment the dial turns over quietly, a watch made for use is raised into a piece of craft — and it overturned even the values of its age.

— A memory of patina, dissolving into stillness —

The amber dial drawn by long years is accumulated time itself.

Arabic numerals and a railway track carrying Art Deco aesthetics, with godron decoration cut into the sides. Together they hold a deep stillness that a modern watch could never reproduce.

— The pride of the name "LECOULTRE" —

The name "LECOULTRE" on the dial stands for a special period in the manufacture's history.

The "PATENT" marking remaining on the caseback carries into the present the heat of a time when this reversing mechanism astonished the world.

— A classic of the silver screen, at the wrist —

Refined stainless steel case lines, and shadow drawn by an elegant form.

Its bearing quietly sets off the wrist as a gentleman's emblem, beyond any mere measuring instrument.

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