Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Reserve de Marche Q1372520 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com Jaeger-LeCoultre is no stranger to the automatic watch/power reserve combo. Since 1948, this tandem has been a specialty of the manufacture from Le Sentier, and the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Reserve de Marche takes tradition to the next level. Introduced in 2012, the newest generation of JLC Master Ultra Thin cases combine serious refinement with equal measures of substance. While the old-school JLC "Powermatic" power reserve models of the Ike Era measure 31-36mm, the modern Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Reserve de Marche enters the 21st century with broad-shouldered authority. Less than 10mm thick, the wrist presence of this watch is elegant but never quaint; a 39mm diameter ensures that nobody mistakes this modern marvel for a petite vintage bauble. Jaeger-LeCoultre's caliber 938 features all of the hallmarks of a manufacture par excellence; ceramic rotor bearings; high-efficiency unidirectional winding; sub-5mm thickness, and laser-welded hairspring. It's fine, slim, and still everyday tough; think Karen Allen in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and you get the idea. JLC's Reserve de March took a huge aesthetic leap forward with the Ultra Thin model. The 2000s were a sober and sterile time for the RDM; it's ice-cold combination of steel and silvered dial felt downright chilly for a dress model. No more; the new Master Ultra Thin Reserve de Marche endears itself to the user with an off-white eggshell dial and delicate 18-karat r