Watch Brand : Jaeger-LeCoultre
Master Grand Reveil
AN ALARM WITH TACTFUL DISCRETION
To describe Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Grand Reveil as new would be more than misleading. It would simply be a falsehood because the first version of this monumental wristwatch with perpetual calendar and alarm mechanism date from 1989. Its self-winding Caliber 919 consisted of 350 individual components. That model’s successor, which is now also available with a steel case for the first time, debuted in 2005. Like its forebear, the new model’s dial displays the hours (including a 24-hour indication), the minutes and the seconds, plus calendar information (including all four digits of the year) and the phases of the moon. If the watch is kept in motion continuously, its calendar displays won’t need manual adjustment until February 28, 2100. The alarm function is genuinely new. The self-winding Caliber 909/1 can resonantly summon you from dreamland or audibly remind you of an appointment, and it does both these jobs in an uncommonly discreet and tactfully quiet manner. All you do is press the little button that switches the alarm function from “ring” to “vibration”. Doing so will cause a rubber component to muffle the remarkably loud volume that would otherwise ring from the case of the Grand Reveil. The muffler transforms those merry chimes into a quiet buzz and a palpable vibration. The current status of the alarm mechanism is indicated by a little arrow in a circular window between the “10” and the “11”. The movement, which is based on Caliber 909, measures 8.3 mm in height and contains 363 components. The balancer’s pace is 28,800 vph. The rotor has an outer segment crafted from 22 karat gold. When fully wound, the mainspring contains enough stored energy to keep the watch running for approximately 45 hours.
Original article : Watch World
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