I had a feeling you might say that. Were original dials normally made at JLC and then exported to the US separately from the watch? Or were they made in the US? If dials with "POWER RESERVE" were made at JLC, then I suppose it is possible that this was a variant made for the UK market? Though I can ...

Hi there - newbie here on any watch forum, so my apologies for any gaffes or stupid questions. I have recently obtained a JLC Futurematic 497 movement. It's just been serviced by Christian Danneman (WatchGuy) in the UK (the photos were taken by him during the service). http://watchguy.co.uk/photos/1...