JAEGER-LECOULTRE Turner Series
Showcasing the Métiers Rares™: uniting the crafts of miniature painting, enamelling, paillonage and hand-guillochage the Reverso tribute enamel ‘Turner Series’ pays homage to La Serenissima: the beauty and shimmering light of Venice, as captured by J.M.W Turner, one of the greatest landscape painters in Western art history.
The case-back of each watch features a miniature reproduction of one of J.M.W. Turner’s paintings of La Serenissima, reaffirming Reverso’s role as a canvas for artistic expression.
EXPRESSING A VISION OF ART AND CULTURE
Beginning in Europe and now extending worldwide, Homo Faber was created to honour and promote excellence in craft in all its forms. This aligns closely with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s commitment to supporting not only the highly specialised technical crafts inherent to watchmaking but also the artistic crafts associated with Haute Horlogerie.
INTRICATE CRAFTSMANSHIP CELEBRATES THE MÉTIERS RARES™
Capturing Turner’s light in enamel: The new Reverso Tribute Enamel timepieces unite the crafts of enamel miniature painting and paillonné enamelling on the casebacks with guillochage and enamel on the dials. The swivelling case of the Reverso lends itself naturally to artistic decoration and Jaeger-LeCoultre has used the blank metal reverse side of the case as a canvas on which its enamellers have created a series of highly accurate, miniaturised reproductions of celebrated works of art. To reproduce the shimmering beauty of Turner’s paintings.
Venice, the Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore: Chosen as the setting for the Homo Faber Biennale, the island of San Giorgio Maggiore sits directly across the lagoon from St Mark’s Square. In Turner’s painting, made in 1834, the emphasis is on light, colour and reflection, with the bright white façade of the island’s eponymous church anchoring the composition and rows of buildings receding into the hazy distance.
Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute: The hazy light brings a remarkable sense of depth to this view, with the foundations of the buildings seeming to merge into their reflections in the water and their architectural details sublimated by the atmospheric effect of light.
Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace & Custom House, Venice: A direct tribute to the great 18th-century Venetian artist Giovanni Antonio Canaletto, this is the first view of Venice that Turner painted in oils, completed 14 years after his initial visit to the city.
Venice, the Bridge of Sighs: In this view of Venice, painted in 1840, Turner captures both the beauty and the decline of the city, contrasting the darker foreground with the glowing light reflected on the buildings.
An exclusive production: four 'Reverso Tribute Enamel' timepieces, each issued in a limited edition of only 10 pieces each
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