Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande Taille Blue Dial

Fernando's 'Incoming' thread from 2016 captures the thrill of acquiring a rare Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande Taille with a unique blue dial, purchased sight unseen from an online luxury watch market. His post details the anticipation and eventual satisfaction of receiving a watch he hadn't encountered before, sparking community interest in its distinctive features and origin.

We see a lot of them and they are usually interesting and arouse our curiosity; especially during the (strip-tease) box unveiling process. I can't remember doing something like that myself, as I rarely purchase online and thus there are no anxious moments in anticipation of what I might find in the box.

However, last week I was browsing a well know luxury watch market site out of boredom and came across a watch with a dial I hadn't seen before. At first I was a bit sceptical, having not seen it anywhere else. A little search unveiled it was indeed genuine and was sold for a few years in early 2000 with a limited production run. To cut it short, after corresponding with the seller, who inspired much confidence, I went ahead with the purchase. It is my first for 2016 and maybe I went about it in a somewhat risky way, however, the day of reckoning was today when the parcel arrived from the courier!

Here's what I found:

After tracking it online, it was quite a thrill to hear the courier pull up and ring the doorbell.

Well here it is - A Reverso! It's a Grande Taille which I find to be the most accommodating for my wrist (42x26mm) and powered by cal. 822.

Blued hands with blue numerals etc. The seller also threw in a new JLC croco strap as a gift (there are still some good people around ).

Strapped to my wrist as I type.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

fernando