Jaeger LeCoultre – Reverso Grande Taille Calendar Ref. 270.8.36 Steel Watch – Cal. 836

The Grande Taille case was introduced in 1991, for the Reverso’s sixtieth anniversary, and it was enlarged for a reason: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s chairman Günter Blümlein wanted a Reverso that could have complications.

Unlike many othere Reverso with complications, what makes this one attractive is that even with a full calendar the case is pleasantly thin with a thickness of only 8.5 mm. Wrist presence without bulk.

Also the reverse panel is blank. On a Reverso that matters more than on any other watch: the case was built in 1931 to be swivelled and the back is the surface owners have had engraved ever since, so an untouched one is a nice addition

Ref. 270.8.36 is the complicated Grande Taille, powered by Jaeger-LeCoultre’s in-house hand-wound calibre 836, developed for use in the Reverso family, driving a pointer date read by a red hand against the peripheral calendar ring and a day-of-the-week aperture at 11 o’clock, with an English day disc and small seconds at six. The base Grande Taille runs the simpler calibre 822.

The watch. Fully signed steel case measuiring 26 × 42.5 mm including the lugs, in near-new condition with almost no trace of use. The case is tight and has no play, and it lock into position firmly

the original two-tone silvered dial is in a perfect condition with no patina and no oxidation. It has a perimetral central date and the week-day display at 11.

the sapphire crystal is mint. The swivelling reverse is perfect and as new.

Movement. The calibre 836, a hand-wound in-house manufacture movement is running well and keeping accurate time. All of the calendar functions work correctly.

Strap. New unbranded ostrich strap on the original Jaeger-LeCoultre steel folding clasp.

Delivery. Complete with its original box and guarantee dated 2000, our certificate of originality and a six-month guarantee.

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