The Q3448480 reference identifies this replica JLC Rendez-Vous Night Q3448480 as the blue-dial Night & Day of the Rendez-Vous family. It adds a day-night indicator to the standard Rendez-Vous dial layout, creating a complication that is both functional and visually distinctive. The small aperture on the dial transitions between a sun motif for daytime and a star field for evening, giving the watch a secondary layer of information that most three-hand dress watches lack. Jaeger-LeCoultre positions the Rendez-Vous Night as the step up from the time-only references without jumping to a full moon phase.

Case & Movement Specs

• Case material: stainless steel, single-row diamond-set bezel
• Dial: deep blue sunray, white floral numerals, applied white dots
• Crystal: sapphire
• Complication: AM/PM day-night display
• Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, day-night
• Strap: blue alligator leather, steel pin buckle
• Movement: clone Cal. 898A/1, automatic, 28,800 vph

The day-night indicator uses a rotating disc behind the dial aperture. The disc shows a rhodium sun on the day side and a white crescent moon with scattered stars on the night side, both against the same blue as the dial around them. The transition is gradual, so at dusk and dawn the aperture displays a blend of both scenes.

Caliber Breakdown

A clone of Calibre 898A/1 drives the Q3448480, adding the day and night disc to the base three-hand train running at 28,800 vph. That means one extra wheel train and one additional disc, neither of which adds significant thickness to the case. The watch remains slim enough for everyday wear under a cuff. Placed alongside the Dazzling Moon Q3523570, the Night version is the more restrained option. Both carry diamonds. The Dazzling Moon sets two rows of large claw-set stones in gold and fills the lower dial with a moon phase, while the Q3448480 keeps one row on a steel bezel and one complication. Explore the broader Rendez-Vous range to see how each complication tier builds from this starting point.

How It Compares

The Rendez-Vous Night occupies the first complication step above the basic three-hand models. It sits below the Moon and Dazzling variants in terms of dial complexity, and the day and night window is shared with the silvered Q3448430 rather than exclusive to it. The difference that matters is the blue sunray dial, which darkens toward the rehaut and leaves the white numerals standing clear of it. This replica JLC Rendez-Vous Night Q3448480 carries that complication on the blue dial Jaeger-LeCoultre has been refining for more than a decade.

The climb from a plain dial to this window and on to the claw-set moon phases is what separates every Rendez-Vous tier from three-hand to Dazzling. Which of those tiers survives the move into clone form gets picked apart in the super clone guide to the brand.

Specifications

The Rendez-Vous Night & Day Medium, reference Q3448480, is the blue-dial 34mm steel version, and the sunray finish is what separates it from the silvered Q3448430.

• Model: Rendez-Vous Night & Day Medium
• Reference: Q3448480
• Case: stainless steel, bezel set with a single row of brilliants
• Case size: 34 mm
• Dial: deep blue sunray, white floral numerals, applied white dots
• Complications: day and night indicator at 6 o’clock, central seconds
• Movement: clone Cal. 898A/1, automatic, 28,800 vph
• Power reserve: 35 hours (genuine Cal. 898A/1: 38 hours)
• Water resistance: 30 m (same as genuine)
• Crystal: sapphire, sapphire display back
• Strap: blue alligator leather, steel pin buckle