The Reverso arrived in 1931, patented by René-Alfred Chauvot and made for LeCoultre, with a case that slides and flips in its carrier so, as the story goes, polo players could turn the glass out of harm's way. The Art Deco shape survived a long quiet spell and a revival, and the case is still a rectangle with three gadroons top and bottom. The family runs from time only pieces to Duoface models carrying a second dial on the back.
How you know it
- flip case in its carrier
- three gadroons top and bottom
- Art Deco rectangular case
- blank reverse on plainer models
Sizes in the family
roughly 34mm to 51mm long, 20mm to 31mm wide
Who it suits
For the buyer who wants a rectangular dress watch with real mechanism to it, and a plain back worth engraving.
Reverso in stock
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