Two iconic timepieces from the Swiss watchmaker’s Rendez-Vous collection have been treated to designs worthy of the finest high-jewellery collections for 2016. The Rendez-Vous Tourbillon Enamel and the Rendez-Vous Moon High Jewelry combine top-end watchmaking expertise with jewellery-making skills and creativity in two new watches decorated with precious stones.
Jaeger-LeCoultre has brought gold, enamel, diamonds and sapphires to two new Rendez-Vous high-jewellery watches for 2016, in an ode to the technical skill of its watchmakers, as well as meticulous jewel-setting techniques.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Tourbillon Enamel
Gray Gold and Black Enamel
Jaeger-LeCoultre has matched a gray gold case with an opaque dial in its Rendez-Vous Tourbillon watch for the first time. This makes a striking contrast, ramped up by the 254 brilliant-cut diamonds set on the dial, the bezel, the strap lugs and the crown.
The Rendez-Vous Tourbillon Enamel shows the time in a stylised arc with elongated numerals. It uses the Jaeger-LeCoultre 978 caliber, a self-winding mechanical movement assembled by hand. It has hours and minutes functions, along with a tourbillon complication designed to compensate for gravitational effects. It has a 45-hour power reserve.
A 301-stone Sapphire Sky
The Swiss watchmaker has pulled out all the stops with Rendez-Vous Moon High Jewelry. With its gray gold case, this watch sparkles and shines with a multitude of precious stones, including baguette-cut and snow-set gems, in a veritable ode to jewel-setting techniques.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Moon High Jewelry
No less than 301 sapphires of different sizes adorn almost half of the dial, sparkling with playful effects on colour, contrast and shine.
This model uses the Jaeger-LeCoultre 935 caliber, a self-winding mechanical movement. It’s a feminine timepiece that has hours and minutes functions, as well as a refined moon phase complication tracking the different phases of the moon at a glance. The new moon, full moon, first quarter and last quarter are shown against a sky of sapphires. The watch has a 40-hour power reserve.