Jaeger-LeCoultre

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I always wanted a Duo but after years of lusting after one but when I could finally afford one found it was too small, plus several 'subtle' design changes I didn't 'approve' of, the changed black dial, the circular sub seconds dial, the pusher instead of discreet adjuster. I was offered a very good secondhand price on a Grande GMT which was perfect in terms of size but had far too many things I didn't want on my Reverso....two pushers spoiling it's lines for something as 'stupid' as adjusting the hour on the black dial, the day/night wheel, circular seconds...at the 5 o'clock position, eaten numerals......I tried on the 986 but it was stupidly large.

So this one seems to tick all the boxes...it's a mm or so bigger than the Grande GMT  but thinner, uncluttered....almost perfect. I presume the price will be a little less than the 986, but probably not much.

I'm a little disappointed that they haven't announced a new state of the art Reverso....one that pushes the limits of their creative thinking, instead what we have is remodelled existing models, certainly that appeal to me but at the end of the day it's just a smaller 986 and a thinner Grande Taille with a different dial.