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My last arrival : Reverso platinum power reserve
I have quite a strange relationship with the Reverso. It is the first classical watch I've known and loved as I was a teen but I never could find a model which pleases me !
Last year, I thought it was done with the ultrathin tribute to 1931 black dial : sober, as a Reverso should be imho, so without any complications, on a croco strap, with its caseback in the purest tradition ready to get an engraving :
In fact, it didn't work at all ! Manual winding + no seconds hands=numerous unprevious watchstops !
So I got late to my appointments. Arrrgh !
I sold it 5 months later.
Somewhere deeply hidden in my head, I had in memory a platinum Revrso seen in the JLC boutique with a gorgeous grey dial : ruthenium.
Very soon after selling the Tribute to 1931, I did participate to a JLC master Class in Paris (perfectly organized by the way) . At this occasion, I took a issue of a revue called Chronos, a special edition dedicated to Reverso. And I saw it : the Reverso platinum power reserve.
It got everything I was looking for :
- the grey ruthenium dial
- an elegant guilloché
- a small seconds hand
- the floral numbers
- the good shape for hands
- the perfect case size
- a platinum deployant buckle (and not a WG one, thanks JLC !) combined with a deep blue croco strap : the perfect combo !
This watch has been manufactured only in 2004. It is the only one platinum Reverso which is not in limited edition (the other models are in 500 ex). But unofficially figures seem to prove that this power reserve has been produced at less than 500ex.
Then begins the haunting... I've found this model, never worn, and recently serviced by JLC Switzerland (for the oil, I presume).
Some pics :
With this dial, the most amazing is that its look changes permanently with the light but always remains elegant with its guilloché
And now its platinum buckle :
A last picture to underline a special aspect of this watch : its floral numbers in volume. They bring a touch of cool extravagance and elegance...
Thanks for reading.
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My last arrival : Reverso platinum power reserve
I have quite a strange relationship with the Reverso. It is the first classical watch I've known and loved as I was a teen but I never could find a model which pleases me ! Last year, I thought it was done with the ultrathin tribute to 1931 black dial : s...
That is a very nice watch, Didier.
Which would deserve larger pics ( choose " largest " on our uploader or " 1000 x 800 " on imageshak ". The ruthenium dial is to die for, indeed, and in a GT case, it is a small but marvellous jewel. The floral numbers are made in silver powder, did you kn...
This picture of yours
is just killing me and I didn't know that the floral numbers are made in silver powder, better to say I didn't wanted to know that...I didn't need that information at all Arghhhh Best Damjan
That reminds me the Schweppes advertising...
"- Do you want to have Schweppes with me? - You mean Sex? - No, Schweppes ".
Vlad would have answered " Hmmmmm ". :=)
This message has been edited by amanico on 2012-05-24 06:45:08
No so easy to catch, in fact !
Thanks you... I thought that it would be easier to find than the other platinum Reverso. I also was attracted by the beautiful balanced of the dial and the movement of the tourbillon n2 and there were some for sale on the market. But this one, almost non...
Dear Didier
Gargantuous congratulations You got my Grail Reverso Well done Bravo! Enjoyed it to the max Best Damjan
Thanks Ares...
for your gargantuous congrats ;-) If you wanna get one, just be patient, it is just a question of time...and luck. By the way, I've got so many watches which I called my Grail before, that I don't use any longer this word ;-) Best.
Very nice! :)
Huge congrats - that is a stunning pice! Please try to upload larger pics. Best Blomman
Thanks
In fact, it is the first time that I post pics on this forum and I failed. I've no problem on my French fora but I'm a little bit lost here because the way is not the same. I'm the first to be sorry... Best.
Such a beauty ...
I was lucky enough to try Didier's watch this afternoon : I love it Cheers Gilles...