I wasn't frankly sure that would be the case when I got it. I had just spent the equivalent of what I would have paid for a 1921 or an Overseas on building up the basic tools for my small business, and I wanted something that felt and looked genuinely nice without a proportional price tag. Seiko has managed to perpetually excel at that 'game'. I still plan on getting both a 1921 and an Overseas, but perhaps Lambert can sprinkle some of his long absent JLC magic, and come up with a great Reverso that isn't north of $50K.... Remains to be seen, thanks for looking and chiming in DB! Cheers, Filip