====== Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran'Sport ====== **Reverso Gran'Sport** is a [[sports watch]] line from [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] in the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso|Reverso]] family produced in the 2000s. ===== Overview ===== Although originally a sports watch, the Reverso line was surpassed in durability, water resistance, and trends by the 1990s. Jaeger-LeCoultre was leveraging the Reverso to help rebuild the brand with in-house movements and complications, so they developed a more sporting Reverso to help recapture that spirit. The result was the Gran'Sport, which featured greater water resistance and more sporting complications. The case was rounded and a unique multi-lug attachment with rubber straps gave it a distinctive look. The Gran'Sport line was introduced in [[1998]] and remained on sale through the mid 2000s. In addition to the automatic Gran'Sport, a hand winding [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duoface|Duoface]] model was produced. A later addition to the lineup was the unique [[retrograde]] [[chronograph]] model. The last to be introduced was the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duetto|Duetto]] or "Gran'Sport Lady" as it was known. The Gran'Sport was replaced by the larger and more sporting [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Squadra|Reverso Squadra]] line, with most models retired around [[2006]]. ===== References ===== * Gran'Sport, case number 290, 43 x 27 mm * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran'Sport Automatic|Reverso Gran'Sport Automatic]] ([[1998]]-[[2006]]) - [[JLC 960|Cal. 960]] - steel (290.8.60), gold (290.1.60) * Gran'Sport, case number 295, 43.5 x 28.3 x 12.6 mm * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran'Sport Duoface|Reverso Gran'Sport Duoface]] ([[1998]]-[[2006]]) - [[JLC 851|Cal. 851]] - steel (295.8.51), gold (295.1.51) * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran'Sport Chronograph|Reverso Gran'Sport Chronograph]] ([[2001]]-[[2006]]) - [[JLC 859|Cal. 859]] - steel (295.8.59), gold (295.1.59) * Gran'Sport, case number 296, 38.7 x 24.85 x 10.8 mm * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran'Sport Duetto|Gran'Sport Duetto]] ([[2002]]-[[2005]]) - [[JLC 864|Cal. 864]] - steel (296.8.74), gold, "Kingyo" diamonds on white gold {{tag>Watch_models Jaeger-LeCoultre_models Jaeger-LeCoultre_Reverso_models}}