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I've received my copy of the Foulkes booking today
and to be honest, for the money (195 euro), I'm foulking disappointed. If it had been a free gift from the JLC boutique when buying a Reverso (I expect it will be soon, to add insult to injury) I'd probably be a bit more pleased. This offering really does make me appreciate the 2006 History of the Grande Maison book that I was given by the AD when I bought my MUT Moon in 2019.
I guess I expected the 'more style than substance' effort when I first found out there would be a book about the Reverso back in July 2020 but I can't help thinking with a bit of planning it could've been far more indepth, a visual history of as many Reverso models as the JLC archive can provide.
I don't doubt the Foulkes guy had difficult decisions to make....'do I include this full page picture of Twiggy from 1971 not wearing a Reverso or do I include a picture showing the gorgeous details of the Mucha watches?'. 'Do I put in this full page photo of a Porsche or a photo of all the dial options from the 30s and 40s'? 'At what point in this 246 page book should I start mentioning the Reverso rather than waffle on about Art Deco in the 1920s?'
I wasn't expecting a 'Moonwatch Only' style nerdfest....but it could've been so much better.
More posts:
Let Rodin's Thinker make the decision for you! Which one is he looking at?
Maybe we should proceed chronologically!
Foulkes own comment in the end paragraph of the book:
«It is difficult to write and ending for this short book,...». I agree, it is short and kind of ‘easy’ written. I had hoped for more when I ordered it.
I'm sensing an overwhelming
disappointment in the new book 🤔 which is surprising given the author. For a start they choose the wrong watch for the cover, it should have been the 90th, similar to the 2011 JLC year book that had the 80th on it. ...
In the process and buying NF ... Fritz’s is very 1980/90’s in it layout. I find the late 90’s and early 2000 manufacture catalogues a better resource
Not to detract from Fritz’s book ... it is a fine piece of work, although disjointed.
I've received my copy of the Foulkes booking today
and to be honest, for the money (195 euro), I'm foulking disappointed. If it had been a free gift from the JLC boutique when buying a Reverso (I expect it will be soon, to add insult to injury) I'd probably be a bit more pleased. This offering really does...
