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The newly inaugurated Jaeger-LeCoultre Boutique is located in the very heart of St. Petersburg at Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street, in a place that perfectly suits the Jaeger-LeCoultre concept.

On this special occasion Jaeger-LeCoultre that celebrates this year the 80th anniversary of its iconic Reverso watch that was born in 1931, presents a limited edition Reverso designed as homage to famous Russian painter Kazimir Malevich. His painting “Peasant Woman” (1931) belongs to the last and most complicated period of his creative work. To this day, the painting “Peasant Woman” is owned by the State Russian Museum.

The Reverso à eclipses homage to Kazimir Malevich was created with the assistance of the State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg as a limited edition of 5 pieces commemorating the 80th anniversary of the legendary Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso.

This reversible watch in pink gold case equipped with in-house Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 849 revives one of the rarest fine art traditions, the painting on enamel, which demands special virtuosity and patience. One simple gesture is enough to open the shutters of the dial which hide a refined miniature work of art – the painting “Peasant Woman” by Kazimir Malevich.

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1878 - 1935) was a painter famous for his works in genres of avant- garde, impressionism, futurism, and cubism. In the spring of 1915 he pioneered abstract geometric art, which was soon known as “suprematism”. In late 1915 at the exhibition “0,10” he first introduced 39 paintings under the general title “Suprematism in Painting”, among them his world famous work “Black Square”.

“Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre has attained very promising results in the Russian market, says Wolfgang Braun, Jaeger-LeCoultre Director in Russia and CIS countries. - Year to year, we are noticeably growing, and it is rather interesting to see how Russian clients appreciate more and more the craftsmanship and the historically developed watchmaking culture the Manufacture has been famous for since 1833. I am absolutely sure that before long St. Petersburg boutique will turn into a real club of experts and connoisseurs of the subtle art of watchmaking who live in the Russia’s Northern capital.”