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Given the overall complexity of this hand-wound Caliber 853 triple calendar movement inside and the obvious contemporary desire for larger instances, the size grows even in the Large Duoface’s 47mm by 28mm measurements to 49.4mm tall by 30mm wide. Concerning thickness, the watch sits a reasonable 10.9mm high. Truly, the delight of a Reverso like this comes from the double faces and world class finishes. It really sits in a class of its own with no real peers, and that I have a feeling a lot of people are going to drool over this watch. Even those folks who, somewhat properly, feel that JLC is dependent upon the Reverso into the point of interchangeability will concur that this watch is a fantastic motive why.The 853 manifests itself in 2 dial executions on the Tribute Calendar — leading with all the silver ‘front’ dial of this watch that shows a divide day/month aperture and a moonphase index using a pointer date encircle at 6:00. It has more information than many could be accustomed to seeing in such a little amount of property but it stays extremely well-balanced, thanks to textbook uses of symmetry and comparison between the beveled dauphine hands, applied rose gold markers, along with the gorgeous silvered feel of the dial itself. And talking of that silver dial, it acts as an antidote, counterbalancing the rose golden’s warm tones with a cold, elegant masculinity that’s just a joy to behold — something that few rose gold watches can put claim to.Before we flip the watch above, let me talk about the movement itself for a minute — that the hand-cranking 853 hums along at a comparatively low 3 Hertz, or even 21,600 vibrations per hour, granting a power reserve of about 45 hours. On paper, greater oscillations are always more of a joy to behold, but because there is no running seconds hand with this Reverso, there is no visual indication that the watch is operating in a lower speed. Granted, we receive a moonphase indicator rather, so it’s barely a dreadful trade-off.

The New York Times tells the story of a gold LeCoultre pocket watch given to Lieutenant Colonel Anthony F. Story, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, that was also lifetime pass to Ebbets Field, once home to the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.

Photo The New York Times

In some ways the ancestor of today’s smartwatches that double up as keys to digital vaults and even physical locks, this Jaeger-LeCoultre pocket watch was once assured lifetime entry into the stadium home to the Brooklyn Dodgers, as detailed in The New York Times. Given Lieutenant Colonel Anthony F. Story by the team’s president, it’s a a lifetime pass to Ebbets Field, once the stadium of the Brooklyn Dodgers base ball team (which became the Los Angeles Dodgers after moving to California in 1957). The origins of the pocket watch are mysterious, with Jaeger-LeCoultre having no record of it. In a twist to the tale, Story said before his death MacArthur had an identical lifetime pass pocket watch, though no trace of that has been found. According to contemporary news reports MacArthur’s lifetime pass was gilded and shaped like a credit card. 

Story was pilot to General Douglas MacArthur during his time in postwar Japan and the Korean War, and later became president of the American operations of Jaeger-LeCoultre in 1955, lasting till late 1956.

The New York Times has the full story.