Jaeger-LeCoultre

Dear Fellow Purists,

For no other reason other than it is a fantastic watch and top of my wish list, please could you furnish me with experiences of ownership and as many scans as is possble of the above named timepiece. The thinking being, if I show my wife all your fantastic correspondence, she will be more positive when I break the news of my intended next purchase!! :o)

Kind Regards - David

I'll think about it for my next purchase! LOL
The Grande Date is indeed a very nice watch.
Not a too busy dial, elegant and classic, with the PR indicator, the Grande Date, the little seconds between 4 and 5,
These 4 Blue Hands, and at the verso, the movement, an 8 days Power Reserve cal 875 niely decorated with the Cotes de Geneve.
If I'm not wrong, it was introduced one year after the Reverso 70eme, which has all these features more the Day and Night indicator.
The only thing you'll have to check is that the size of this Grande Date will sit well on your wrist, because this watch has the biggest size for a Reverso.
If it's the case, you should seriously consider buying it.
But I'm biased, as I'm the Happy Owner of the 70eme.

Sorry, I have only this pic...



Hope this will help...

Best ,and good luck with the Missus! LOL

Nicolas

I enjoy the watch. Elegant dial and nice to see the movement. Yes, the case is big, so it is important to make sure it fits.

Up close.



A blue strap works.



But watch out, then the wife will want one too.

. . . it's such a great looking watch . . . cordially, Art

A slightly blurry one, but you get the idea.

. . . I just love Reversos . . . cordially, Art

Hi David,

 

I employ the same strategy and then wear her down by leaving watch magazines around the house open at the appropriate pages.

 

I have been a happy owner of the Grand Date for the last 3 years. It was my daily ‘work watch’ for the first couple of years, but now I wear it less frequently in rotation with others. The great thing about the 8 day reserve is that I wind it every Sunday and it’s always sitting in my watch box ready to go when I feel like wearing it again.

 

Apart from an initial trip (under warranty) back to the factory for a ‘sticky’ date wheel, it has functioned flawlessly and is always within a dozen seconds of the correct time.

 

Nicolas is correct about trying it on before you commit. It’s not so much your wrist diameter, but more the shape of your wrist, position and prominence of the ulnar styloid process and how you like to wear your watches. I find the XGT case sits very comfortably, as I have a ‘flat’ wrist, and is also fine under cuffs (not too thick).

 

It’s great to have easy access to the Cal.875 movement with a flick of the case and as has been said many times (about this and other JLC products), the watch is a great balance of virtues in the design, history and finishing departments at this price point.

 

Kind regards,

 

Andrew

Great pictures of some excellent Reverso watches!!