Jaeger LeCoultre Geophysic 1958 (Pre-owned - Excellent) — USD 55,000 on eBay

A Geophysic 1958 watch image reveals a mysterious black ring between the movement and case, prompting speculation on its function for shock absorption.

At least with this watch, we have the whole world at one glance, on our wrist or in our eyes. That's the magic of these world time watches... They give us some freedom when we miss it the most. Best, Nicolas

What is the Magic Number? Now I realize that we have done this multiple times before, but let\'s humor us ourselves once more shall we? 🙃 I say the max number of watches to own should be 12. Enough to own something of about everything, but not so many that wrist time is down to what? One or two days

A response to all, albeit a bit delayed, to a thread in Amanico's JLC sector review from Jan/Feb 2017. I hope Nicolas is right that JLC introduces some new pieces before Jan 2018. As the true second geophysic (or as I believe it should have been called, the true second geomatic) was brought out circ

Given that a fair portion of all exciting watches ends up in the ownership of members here and that I have seen Geophysics of all types here already I was wondering what the opinions on the modern versions are - specifically the Tribute to 1958 in SS and the True Second model (likewise in SS). From:

Hi all, I have the opportunity to secure the Geophysic 1958 in steel. I just wanted your views on this piece. Please be brutal Cheers j Ps....she would join some friends below if I can accept the 38.5mm which I feel is just that little bit small for me. This message has been edited by JohanY on 2016