====== Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 60ème ======

The **Reverso 60th Anniversary** (also called "Reverso 60ème" or "Reverso Soixantième") is a limited-edition luxury watch by [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] produced in [[1991]] to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso|Reverso]] model range.

===== Introduction =====
In [[1991]], Jaeger-LeCoultre was just recovering from the [[quartz crisis]] and re-establishing itself as a high-end watchmaker. The company had long relied on the iconic [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso|Reverso]] range as a signature piece but had not yet ventured much into the world of [[haute horology]]. This all changed with the Reverso 60th Anniversary model, known by the French name, "60ème".

This was the first Reverso to break from the past with the addition of a [[complication]], and featured a new larger "[[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande Taille|Grande Taille]]" case. Both would serve as the foundation for the next decades for the Reverso range.

The main complication was a [[power reserve indicator]], placed in the corner of the rectangular case near the 11 00 mark and overlapping the dial almost to the center. The 60ème also featured an understated [[date pointer]] in contrasting color to the hands, with numerals inside the hour markers around an irregular [[guilloche]] dial. Large Arabic numerals show the hour, with number 6 missing (for the rectangular [[small seconds]] subdial) and the 12 replaced by the anchor-shaped "JL" logo.

The "Grande Taille" ("Large Size") case measures 42 mm tall by 26 mm wide and 9 mm thick, much longer than the classic 38 mm by 23 mm Reverso or the square 24 x 23 mm [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso II|Reverso II]]. But the classic design cues remain, including three accent lines above and below the dial and a rounded case profile. The company released a full line of [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande Taille|Grande Taille Reverso models]] shortly after, and this became the main case size for decades.

The Reverso 60ème also diverges from previous Reverso models in that it has a [[display caseback]]. Rather than a simple steel back, the 60ème has a full window showing the decorated [[JLC 824|Cal. 824]] beating slowly inside. This [[hand-winding]] movement is [[baguette]] shaped and contained inside a matched shaped case, emphasizing the [[plate]]s and [[bridge]]s.

Although far from the [[haute horology]] pieces that would define [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] in coming decades, the Reverso 60ème is nevertheless considered to be the first of the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica|Hybris Mechanica]] line thanks to its custom [[complicated]] movement. It was a limited edition of 500 pieces.

The next complicated Reverso model was launched just two years later, the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tourbillon|Reverso Tourbillon]]. But it is the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 70ème|Reverso 70ème]] of [[2002]] that is the true successor to the 60ème, both in spirit and in the impact it had on the Reverso model range.

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**Reference: **
  * Case number 270.2.64 (Limited to 500 pieces)

**Movement: **
  * [[Manual winding]] [[manufacture]] movement [[JLC 824]], 21,600 A/h

**Case: **
  * [[Pink gold]] case
  * Dimensions 42 mm x 26 mm, H 9 mm
  * [[Sapphire crystal]]
  * [[Sapphire crystal]] caseback

**Dial:**
  * [[Guilloche]] silver dial
  * Applied Arabic numerals
  * [[Blued]] steel hands

**Functions:**
  * Front
  * Hours, minutes
  * [[Small seconds]] at 6 00
  * Concentric [[date by pointer]]
  * [[Power reserve indicator]]

**Production:**
  * Produced [[1991]]
  * Successors 
    * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tourbillon]]
    * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 70ème]]
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