At the Manufacture, I asked the Heritage Gallery to put the whole series aside, for a photo session of the 6 Reverso Rose gold made between 1991 and 2000, in the perspective of a retrospective article about them. They kindly accepted. The article is in wo...
In an ideal world I'd like the complete set. In the real world I work for the government, so we both know the probability of that happening! Cheers JML
I saw this in the metal and is really stunning. One of the few cronos with a square caliber. I read the history somewhere and it was not easy to create. Part of the 500 series of beautiful watches. Great watch to wear, rarely seen and with great understat...
from the rose gold movement plates and bridges to the double-sided complications which paved the way for the Duoface, one of JLC's longest-running hits. The tourbillon was amazing, the repeater with non-circular gongs was unbelievable because the sonority...
As for the Gran Sport Chrono, it was expensive to produce, but also to buy! I heard the same rumor about the fact that JLC lost money on it. I even think it is because of " him " than the Reverso à Chronograph in rose gold never overcame the " success of ...
When you consider the mechanical watch landscape in 1996, this must have been a truly exceptional watch at the time. In house chronograph movements were rare and this one is a one-off configuration, featuring a retrograde minutes counter and a layout that...