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The 47200

 

I have owned both the JLC RDM in steel and the VC 47200 in white gold.  I sold the JLC.

The 47200 has basically the exact same JLC movement as the older version of the Master RDM that had bi-directional winding.  The only two visible differences that I could distinguish is that VC uses a 21 Kt rim on the rotor and JLC uses a 22 Kt one and that VC uses a straight line Geneva wave, were as JLC uses a circular design.  I prefer the straight line Geneva wave design.

In my opinion, the VC is an enhanced version of the JLC RDM.  To me the VC has a more aesthetic case and is offered in white gold which has never been offered by JLC; the JLC only came in steel and rose gold.  The VC dial is also an enhanced design with its modified layout, three roman numerals (which is somewhat rare) and rose engine vertical cut dial.

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A nice watch from the recent past: Patrimony Power Reserve , Ref 47200

 
By: WHL : April 5th, 2011-11:09
I had the opportunity to photograph this gem recently. The ref 47200 Patrimony Power Reserve is an attractive watch that was in production from the late 1990's until the mid-2000's. Based on an automatic JLC ebauche, the watch features a power reserve ind...  

Still

 
By: Kevin C : April 5th, 2011-20:49
Still enjoying mine since 2006. This is one of my most accurate watches.

I'm glad you are enjoying it......

 
By: WHL : April 7th, 2011-14:31
This is one of those watches that I "almost" bought. When VC updated the dial in 2002 to this design this reference went from one that did nothing to me to one that was compelling. The only reason I didn't get it was because there was always some other VC... 

I like the layout

 
By: justindependent : April 6th, 2011-01:11
This reminds me of the Master Geogrpahique layout from JLC. The positioning of the power reserve, the date subdial. The sub seconds here is replaced in the JLC Master Geo with the dual timezone indicator. Is this movement in any way related to that of the... 

Hi Justin...

 
By: WHL : April 7th, 2011-14:38
The movement is definitely from JLC. JLC uses an extension of it for their Master Geographic, but also had a simpler watch, the Master Reserve de Marche that is an even closer cousin. Bill

The 47200

 
By: Kevin C : April 8th, 2011-12:58
I have owned both the JLC RDM in steel and the VC 47200 in white gold. I sold the JLC. The 47200 has basically the exact same JLC movement as the older version of the Master RDM that had bi-directional winding. The only two visible differences that I coul...