| Author | Message | ||
     Marknewman916 New member Username: Marknewman916 Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2007 Rating: N/A |
I am looking to buy a reverso from the 1930's, does anyone have some advice about buying a vintage JLC?? Many thanks for any tips Mark. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 2346 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
I'd be happy yo answer but can you be a little more specific? | ||
| Marknewman916 New member Username: Marknewman916 Post Number: 2 Registered: 01-2007 Rating: N/A |
Hi Zaf, thanks for answering. I am concerned as a newbe to vintage JLC, are there any reverso models to avoid or seek out? are there any golden rules to follow when buying an old watch? I have seen reverso's that have LeCoultre without Jaeger, Is there any significance to this? I dont want to waste my money, I'm looking to spend �4000 around $6000 I guess. Thanks again Mark. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 2357 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Jaeger and LeCoultre were two distinct companies that merged in the late 1920s. From 1937 on Jaeger-LeCoultre was used on dials of most countries except the united states which used LeCoultre until the mid 1970s, this presumably for marketing reasons. The JLC name was used uniforimily thereafter. For a Reverso, it is somewhat important that the case parts are original to each other. The parts like the top, and back of the reversible part witll duplicate the serial number of the back, usually the last 3 digits somewhere on the case part. |