Reference 8 | Yellow Gold jaeger-lecoultre This Insight Micro-Rotor represents Romain

This Insight Micro-Rotor represents Romain Gauthier's industrial yet traditional aesthetic

one of 265 pieces Case material: yellow gold Case diameter: 37mm Crystal: sapphire front & back Strap: bespoke saffiano strap from our own collection

he concluded that “if you do something like everyone else

The circular minute track gives the dial a certain symmetry and highlights the curve of the case

its minimal layout is a visual reference to early attempts to read time based on the position of the sun in the sky

Reference 8 | Yellow Gold jaeger-lecoultre This Insight Micro-Rotor represents RomainAn elegant example of the Urban Jrgensen Reference 8, which features the 37mm case in yellow gold, a dial adorned with two textures of guilloche, and more unusually seen yellow gold baton numerals. Powering it is the finely finished self winding calibre 1160, based on an F. Piguet ebauche. Urban Jrgensen has a rich history that goes back to the late 18th century. The manufactures namesake, Urban Jrgensen (1776 1830), along with his father Jrgen