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This unusual blue-faced variant is 40mm of timeless style. The long pointed hour markers paired with Arabic numerals are link a signature style of JLC and float above the sunburst blue link dial. Well-made and tastefully restrained, link this Master Control is an elegant choice for a watch that can be worn from the office to date night or around the neighborhood BBQ. At only 800 pieces ever made, it is also a rare timepiece that can be appreciated by the next generation as well.

The architecture and finishing are a far step up link from that of the more classic hand-wound movements from the brand, and what I love about this version is that the movement completely fills link out the caseback. As a result, the watch feels like a successful exercise in marrying the link old and the new, the defining criteria of any modern reissue.

The story of Universal Geneve is itself, of course, legendary. One of the great marques ever to hail from Switzerland, Universal is famous for a number of things, including sporty chronographs, calendar watches, microtor movements, and the Gerald link Genta-designed Polerouter. For a bit of context, such was Univeral's link place among watch brands that none other link than New York's Henri Stern Watch Agency, the American arm of Patek Philippe, was once also its stateside distributor.