VIDEO: There’s more to the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second than meets the eye

Felix Scholz

At first glance the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second seems simple enough, with its round 39.6mm case in satin-brushed steel and uncluttered dial. Closer examination reveals the unmistakable quality, the frosted silver opaline dial, the mirror-polished applied batons and slender hands. The strength of the case and the judicious use of luminous material let you know that the Geophysic isn’t strictly a dress watch. Even when you flip it over and gaze at the excellent finishing and handsomely skeletonised pink gold rotor, you probably won’t spot anything that marks this watch as something truly special. No, you need to see the ticking of the seconds hands to realise that the True Second JLC is referring to is in fact a dead-beat seconds, one of the coolest and stealthiest complications around.