Jaeger-LeCoultre

Hello everyone from Moscow, Russia! My first post here!

I know I may sound silly yet the question I have is this - how accurate and reliable are JLC mechanisms in general and REVERSOs in particular? I have a watch in mind that I think of buying (caliber 836, discontinued day/date model)... yet it's the complications in a rather small case that put me off...I don't consider Reverso a "toolwatch" of a kind and do not expect it to beat the best mechanisms out there in terms of accuracy yet it would be nice if it could work within say +-15 secs per day... And also one more thing - will an old discontinued model be easily serviced at a AD? Thank you all in advance if you bother to reply!

P.S I'm buying Reverso for the pure beauty of it, really-really-really hoping it is also good enough for timekeeping )))

These movements housed in the Reversos are not known to be problematic.

They keep time under 10 secs per day, easily, and JLC is able to service them, as they also service Vintage watches, so they can do the same in a modern one.

no problems here. If you like it, go for it!

Best,

Nicolas.

oh 10 secs is fine, I think I can live with that!

and, usually, JLC times them to be within 10 sec/day. Since 2003/4, all Reversos undergo the 1000 hours control test, which stipulates timekeeping accuracy within -1/+6 sec/day.

-Dean

I think the face of the day/date could be more refined though, yet at the same time I like it's simplicity!!!

relaible and accurate.

 

Hope it helps!

 

Baxter

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you should have no problems with the timekeeping of a Reverso...this is mine and I get about +2 seconds a day from her...

 

I must remember to get some more pics of her soon too as most of my pics are terrible..!!

Please share pics of yours when you get her,

Andy.

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Hi Pavel,

Click here to link to a post I did on the performance of the Cal 875 Grand Date a while back . This particular Reverso performed very well as you can see.

My wife's Reverso Memory has been in continuous use for more than 5 years and is consistently within 5 seconds per day.

As they say about aged wines: "there are no great vintages, only great bottles", your experience with an individual watch may vary, but the general comments I hear about Reverso's are very reassuring.

Andrew

The +8 secs one was like +5 secs out of the box five years ago. It has been fairly consistent since in terms of accuracy and performance. I am not very particular about accuracy but I would not tolerate anything beyond +/-10 secs anyway. If your AD happens to have that rate checking device, perhaps you can ask them to put the watch on for you to see? That will make sure of no surprise afterwards.

Ruckdee

Welcome Pavel!

 

I have some Reverso’s – never any problem with accuracy!

 

 

 

 

Best

 

Blomman

Hello Pavel:

At first, my reverso Grande date used to delay about 13 seconds per day. After six months I was able to know how the watch should sleep every nigaht in order to avoid it delayed.

I realized that when it sleeped with dial down, the watch worked +1 second/day. That was perfect.

The less important matter in a reverso is its accuracy.

Best Regards from the quite north of Spain:

 

 

 

...in excess of the above posters,

I would venture that any JLC watch since at least the 1920s ought to be capable of keeping time within 15 sec./day, provided it is in good repair.

Our household has 4 Reversos with varying complications, all excellent in this regard, (and all from the 1990's, FWIW).