Jaeger-LeCoultre Odysseus & Grand Réveil: Pioneers of Perpetual Calendars

I have no experience with perpetual calendars. The JLC match my heavy rules, like case diameter, dial color, an open case back, mechanical, heritage, uncomplicated lugs for easy strap changes. What i want on a perpetual calendar is the year in digits. I can not see if the JLC have the year in digits, but i can see that the dial is nice, so no problem if it have no digits for the year notice, and see a hand pointing at a year is no problem. I think this is the first JLC that is pretty cool to own

Are they both reishoes? I like the first, and i must get used to the GMT. To much buttons, and that thick hands.

For long time I’ve been fascinated by the perpetual calendar complication especially when combined with a moon face and recently obtained my very first watch with that complication. So why “super, not both”? That’s because I really love the first one but number 2 (the reveille) not so much. Main reason is that the hands on the reveille are just very big very open and be very very red. Compare the hands on the perpetual only versus the hands on the reveille. But that’s just personal taste and pre

That said, its much less 80ies then most other watches from that time. 😅 So we can say that JLC was quite early with creating complicated timepieces again after the quartz-crisis. Good to know! Thanks for showing!

At first I thought I was in the Lange forum😅 Thanks Mo

I have always loved and wanted this watch in platinum. I purchased the original Geographique in platinum at about the same time(1989). Unfortunately, i could not afford it at the time, and by the time i could, it was sold out. The Odysseus is also very nice. I still have the JLC catalog from back then showing these watches and the original Geographique. Great pictures!