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I am aware many are divided about whether we should use watch winders for automatics and keep our manual watches wound from 'time-to-time', but I wonder what people think about storing of watches. While I keep mine in a safe, recently I was told you should not do so unless you place them in a plasti

I think these two watches are simply wonderful. The Gran Sport Chrono, I regard as one of the best reversos and a highly under-rated watch. The World Time Squadra Chrono has to be experienced to be appreciated. I have the rarer one with what I regard as the better watch band. The rubber band is ok,

Apart from collecting reversos and repeater pocket watches, I collect roman coins of the imperatorial period. The problem with fakes on ebay is so bad, the coin community run a forgery alert group where a list of sellers are named and past fake types are listed and photographed -- that is a yahoo gr

Both nice watches. The world chrono is a brilliant watch and is a limited edition -- if you can get one at a good price, I would grab it. Regards Adrian

Nicolas, thanks for the second opinion. The ref on the back seemed weird as did the quality of the finish. While I am generally against posting comments about auction pieces, in this case I think to actual raise this particular item in this discrete forum is good to put out a warning about what othe

Hi folks, as some of you may know through previous posts to this site and to other forums, I collect JL Reversos. The other day I came across a reverso for sale that I have never seen in either catalogues or any of the Jaeger publications. Normally I would not ask such a question, but could anyone v

To the history buffs. I was recently offered a white gold Reverso which was not a JL but a Patek Philippe. The reverso is a 1930's model. I am not sure if JL made them for PP or whether they are a different watch entirely but it looks exactly like a JL of the 1930s. The collector who is selling it,