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Manual winding on Reverso
Hi all,
What an unfortunate coincidence... I am in the market for a JLC Master Calendar and today my JLC Reverso Grande Taille stopped working.
It is a manual watch, and I wind it every two days. I stop winding when I feel the resistance indicating that the watch is fully wound. Today, the winding went on forever... until I realized that even the seconds hand wasn't ticking anymore. And now the watch just won't run. I am not a particularly aggressive winder so I don't think I overwound the watch and broke the winding mechanism inside (but maybe I did?). I've never had this problem before.
Can any of you share your insight?
It bears noting that the watch is now 6 years old and due for servicing... which I am going to do tomorrow. But does this indicate a serious flaw/ breakage in the watch? I would prefer to not have to spend a fortune dealing with this issue, especially since the watch was working perfectly fine for the last 2,200 days...
It's a sad morning here 
Edited to add : Google tells me that this issue is one of a broken mainspring. Is this a costly fix?
Manual winding on Reverso
Hi all, What an unfortunate coincidence... I am in the market for a JLC Master Calendar and today my JLC Reverso Grande Taille stopped working. It is a manual watch, and I wind it every two days. I stop winding when I feel the resistance indicating that t...
The watchmaker at JLC will tell you. But it is time for a service.
If you wear it very regularly, then yes, 6 years is really time for a service. Which should be every 4 or 5 years. Keep us updated. Best, Nicolas
Thanks!
Nicolas, thank you. Luckily I can drop it off at the Beverly Hills boutique so it will be in good hands going off to Switzerland. Do you know how much a JLC service costs? I know it is variable depending on amount of work required, but knowing a range or ...
First they will give you a quote. A simple service is not too expensive.
But it can " climb " in a substantial way in case of serious repairs. Dififcult to say. My guess would be around 600 / 800 Euros? But my guess is not very interesting, as JLC will give you a quote quite quickly. Then you will have several months before yo...
It is no coincidence..
Your Reverso Grande Taille knows that your heart is beginning to go astray … eyeing the Master Calendar. What other ways than to break down and gain your attention. /W72
How true!
Hahaha... you could not have said it better. Literally the ONLY time I've even remotely considered another watch in the past 6 years... my one beautiful watch decides to throw a jilted fit! Only goes to show how our watches must have feelings, too! If I h...