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Thanks for your thoughts E.
I think the 70eme is an extreme watch. I love it - but it is quite thick and very heavy (mine weighs 168g). Why do I love it? The balance of the dial is something I love - particularly in the platinum version where the blues, greys and silvers come together like poetry. The 8-days is very practical - and a JLC specialility - so fits very well with making an anniversary piece. I also really love the movement - the size allows you to really enjoy - and the finishing is exceptional. On the movement side I think I love the rose gold version even more - but the dial swings it in favour of the platinum for me. Sometimes when I wear it I think the weight and size are mad - but them I look at my wrist and change my mind!
Comparing the 60eme and the Geographique is very interesting. On the front side the Geographique is very classical and symmetric - and give no clues that this is a complicated piece, while the 60eme is asymmetric and a little crazy. The 60eme is less elegant - but the asymmetry, contrast between the gold and blue steel hands and the JLC logo make it more dramatic. Less perfect - but more beautiful? On the reverse side it's a huge contrast. The 60eme shows a very beautiful quite classical movement - and the gold colour looks great against the case, the Geographique is a very dramatic contrast - with a very bold design completely the opposite of it's classical side.
I love both - but the Geographique was my first choice. Your thoughts on the practicality of the complication are spot on, when I used to travel to India and Australia I needed to take a different watch - but they do have a romance - and they mostly work!
I completely agree about the Sun/Moon - it's a really lovely watch - just hard to decide which colour! With the Art Deco - I absolutely love the skeletonized movement - but I think the dial is a little plain compared to the pieces we're discussing here - so one that doesn't quite work for me. I also think the white gold version pops a little more - mainly because I love the gold/white contrast on the movement side.
I have a purist friend who has the 90s chronograph - so hope we can get the watches together next year!
Reverso GTG
Afraid I'm a terrible photographer, but having taken delivery of a new addition I wanted to share some pictures The 60eme is much more attractive in the flesh than in pictures. The contrast of the different dial guilloche is very interesting - although ha...
High class horology
Beautiful and tasteful watches. An enviable collection!! I'm looking forward to seeing them in the metal.
What can I say? Three fantastic Reversos.
Ok, it is easy to admire a 60eme and a 70eme. Both being very important milestones in JLC and Reverso life. But the Geographique is a Reverso I love a lot. For its complication, for its design, and for its spirit. A great and Under estimated Watch, in the...
Thanks Nico...
When disaster struck a few years ago - the Geographique was one of the first watches I replaced.I still think it is one of the best executions of the complication, partly because it's there when you need it - but doesn't dominate. Most world-timers announ...
100% agreed!
Greg, There's something about those Reversos from about a decade ago - they have a romance, a spirit, which is absolutely fantastic. If I'm honest, the 70eme isn't one for me. There's something about the dial composition which doesn't quite capture me; it...
Thanks for your thoughts E.
I think the 70eme is an extreme watch. I love it - but it is quite thick and very heavy (mine weighs 168g). Why do I love it? The balance of the dial is something I love - particularly in the platinum version where the blues, greys and silvers come togeth...
Greg, thank you!
168g - just...wow...bit of a workout! Thank you for your comments, as you actually have experience of wearing them (I'm working off photos, so am pretty uninformed, really; take my comments with a small heap of fleur de sel de Guerande). As for the Sun/Mo...
Reverso Repetition Minutes a Rideau
According to my 2000 catalog the Sun/Moon was available in white gold with the black dial or pink gold with the white dial. Both are beautiful. I think Nico is exacly right it in saying that in that era the Reversos were the princes of the JLC range, ther...
Aaah, the Reverso RM a Rideau... I will soon come back to that model.
I totally agree on the size, though... Too big for me, too. Another which is too big is the stunning Gyro II. A top Watch, with a good excuse for its thickness, the Gyrotourbillon, but unwearable on my human wrist. Best, Greg. Nicolas
Yes, this was a fantastic series. The only problem is that .....
JLC favoured the Reverso line. There was not round counterpart as exciting as the Reverso was, at that time. But what a series! Best, Greg. Nicolas
Ha! I was thinking of bidding on one of these in the Bonhams Auction recently!
I have to wonder.... There was also a Reverso Tourbillon in platinum that did not reach the reserve. Great watch and your photos are better than you believe. Had forgotten what a beautiful dial the 60eme had. Congrats! Andrew H
Auctions
Thanks for the kind words Andrew, Yes two 60eme were sold at auction recently. The estimates were very low in both cases, but were wrong - with both going for similar prices. I thought both were slightly low - but given there were two examples I guess tha...
You are made for this kind of Reverso, Andrew.
Since the time you are thinking of them! Best, my friend. Nicolas
A great triumvirate of Reversos!
Hi All thee look great. Though for me the 60eme stands out - in a GT case and that dial with all its eccentricities is just fab. I've been luck enough to see one in the flesh, it and the repetition from the same series are my favourite watches. Cheers JML...