{"product_id":"jaegerlecoultre-master-ultra-thin-q130842j-silver","title":"Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Q130842J","description":"\u003csection data-component=\"ProductDetails\" class=\"css-12w3meh\"\u003e\u003chr aria-orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"chakra-divider css-b21zlm\" div data-component=\"ProductDetails\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"MobileProductDetails\" class=\"css-0\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"TabletAndDesktopProductDetails\" class=\"css-0\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"css-1sovpoh\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"chakra-collapse\" style=\"overflow:hidden;display:block;opacity:1;height:115px\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"css-jl5b6d\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"css-l4s3xe\"\u003e\u003cdiv data-component=\"ProductTraits\" data-testid=\"product-traits\" class=\"css-17w8l66\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"product-trait\" class=\"css-101wtdy\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chakra-text css-7846eu\"\u003eCase Size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"chakra-text css-1u8lk7u\"\u003e39mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"product-trait\" class=\"css-101wtdy\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chakra-text css-7846eu\"\u003eCase Material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"chakra-text css-1u8lk7u\"\u003eStainless Steel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"product-trait\" class=\"css-101wtdy\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chakra-text css-7846eu\"\u003eDial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"chakra-text css-1u8lk7u\"\u003eSilver\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"product-trait\" class=\"css-101wtdy\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chakra-text css-7846eu\"\u003eRetail Price\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"chakra-text css-1u8lk7u\"\u003e$19,200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-component=\"ProductDescription\" data-testid=\"product-description\" class=\"css-13qkkpi\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"chakra-text css-1k2nzv4\"\u003eAs a gentleman's complication the perpetual calendar is a \"grail\" timepiece for a great many people and in 2013 Jaeger-LeCoultre brought that dream a little closer to reality for a lot of them with the 39mm Master Ultra Thin Perpetual Calendar ref. Q130842J. For starters it's obviously made by Jaeger-LeCoultre, which is widely considered the watchmaker's watchmaker, and equally as important it's rendered in steel. In the vintage market a stainless perpetual calendar will set you back six or seven figures depending on the manufacturer, which is why the MUT Perpetual Calendar for less than $20,000 brand new is an amazing get. Mind you brand new they're only available at Jaeger-LeCoultre boutiques, which means that while these aren't limited edition pieces production will be scant few of the brand's other lines. So what is a perpetual calendar? Simply put, a perpetual calendar is a watch that keeps track of and automatically corrects the date across all months including February, whether it has 28 or 29 days. Once you set it correctly, if you keep it wound you won't have to worry with adjusting that date until the year 2100. This complication has been around in one form or another since 1925, although as special as they are now they were really special pieces back then and most often times only available by special order with the special price tag to match - serial production didn't begin until the late 1930s and early 1940. Jaeger-LeCoultre has made modern perpetual calendars before but the pink gold, white gold and steel versions from 2013 mark the first time it's been done in the Master Ultra Thin collection, and it's fabulous. The calendar is reflected in three sub dials that are sunken into a lightly textured matte-ish silver dial, and between the Dauphine hour and minute hands and the three-dimensional hour markers there are as many angles as an origami swan - and the best part is that they glint in the light in such a way as to make them appear bright silver or completely black depending on the angle. Silver dots make up the minute track, which in turn matches the dots in the day and date dials, and the blued center seconds hand picks up not only the blue of the moon phase indicator at 12 but also the Jaeger signature and the text and numerals of the calendar. At the 7 is a little window displaying the full year and just above where the hands meet in the center of the dial is a clever little indicator that lets you know when it's safe to set the calendar mechanism. At night the aperture turns from silver-it's-safe-to-change-the-date to red-leave-the-watch-on-your-wrist and-enjoy-it-wrong-date-and-all-until-morning, which actually addresses the achilles heel of calendar watches - due to the way the gears interact the watch can't be set between specific hours. As with anything, innovation is the key to staying relevant - even if you're creating one of the most complicated timepieces available - so over the decades we've seen perpetuals in a hundred ways: elongated for rectangular, reversible cases; perpetuals in steel or ceramic waterproof sport cases; tonneau, tortue or square shaped cases; perpetuals with hand engraved dials or ornate cages covering the dial; perpetual calendars combined with chronographs or minute repeaters; dials of every color and calendar configuration; perpetuals that show the traditional Chinese calendar, and so forth. This Master Ultra Thin ref. Q130842J really isn't any of that. It is instead a simple, well-conceived elegant case of sensible dimensions that shows Jaeger-LeCoultre's watchmaking prowess and commitment to the gentleman - it's timeless, it's etiquette-minded sensibilities imbued in a watch. 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