Close-up of the UTC dial
Just a single millimeter wider than the time/date
Geophysic at 40.6, Jaeger’s True Second UTC comfortably puts the world on your wrist in a dial display cast
in a gradient lacquered dial surrounded by two inner
chapters that indicate the time around the globe.
A North Pole view looks down on the hand-applied
continents from above. The UTC retails for $15,000 in
steel or $25,000 in 18-karat pink gold, and all versions
are available now.
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at the development within. Of course the world time Geophysic UTC
is a completely new and an extremely handsome addition to
the series.
To be sure, the real eminence with both of these new watches
is the movement. Calibre 770 (772 for the UTC marks a seminal
moment on Jaeger’s timeline and is likely to have a long-term ripple
effect throughout the brand as this new platform incorporates two
engineered elements that can become staples within Jaeger’s future
watches. The first of these two new mechanisms is the “Gyrolab”
balance. Initially vetted in the Jaeger “Master Compressor Extreme
Lab One” from 2007, this “bar” type balance is now making its
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commercially available series. The Gyrolab Balance has
been exposed to extreme temperatures, impacts, and timing tests
that have proven the design ready for prime time. Mimicking the
shape of the JLC logo, this balance brings advantages in potential
accuracy and as a side effect will also make it nearly impossible for
counterfeiters to duplicate – at least for a while.
The second, more obvious addition to the new movement is the
jumping or dead-beat central seconds hand. Called the “True Second” by Jaeger, this stop-and-go second hand does not actually add
any additional information, so I’m loathe to call it a “complication,”
yet it adds a rhythm that has ridden the horological roller coaster
of approbation (accurate pendulum clocks) to denigration (quartz
analog) back to a recent ascendancy within a few boutique brands
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