Why Is The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso a Masterpiece? 

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Dare I add: Patek Philippe quality for Rolex money.

The only watch that I will keep and will never let go from my collection.

Finally someone who can pronounce JLC! Kudos my friend.

Given a choice between a Cartier Tank, or a JLC Reverso, the Reverso wins every time. The ONLY aspect of the Tank that I personally think has the edge of the JLC is the design of the crown, I do like that little blue cabochon spinel on the Tank does look great! In ALL other aspects the Reverso is a superior product. (Just my personal view).

Outstanding video ID Guy! The Reverso is a timeless classic and one of my favorite watches. One will definitely be in my collection one day.

Love this video (just like all your stuff). The point you made about how in essence you can get the lower end of the range and not feel like you are getting shorted is a really astute one. It's amazing how they have evolved the same shell into so many different offerings and price points for such an extended period of time. For me, the Classic Medium Duoface Small Seconds on the brown leather strap...That's an incredible timeless blend of dress, sport, and functionality.

Excellent video. Two minor corrections: it is simple, not simplistic, which means something slightly different. And penultimate does not mean last or highest, but next to last, or next to the highest. Otherwise, carry on.

I love this watch. The simpler the dial the better for me. Thanks for covering this model 👍

Terrific video! The JLC Reverso is a watch that any watch enthusiast would enjoy.

They talk about the holy trinity of watchmaking, Patek, AP,Vacharon, but it is the holy quartet. Have to include JLC.

Fun Fact: Christopher Nolan wears one, so did Christian Bale and Val Kilmer's - Bruce Wayne.

If it were a piece of clothing, it would be a little black dress. If it were a car, it would be an E34 M5. If it were a person, it would be Fred Astaire. If it were a superhero, it would be the Batman. If it were a drink, it would be Scotch on the rocks.

This is a billionare/CEO kind of watch. Elegant is what it is.

Forgot how good this review and essay was and had to come back for a refresher. Well done and great watch journalism.

When I pass my JLC dealer, it’s the Reverso I look at first. Usually the Tribute to 1931 if there is one in the window. It is such a perfect little package. As you say, the watches case and lugs blend into the strap almost seamlessly giving the rectangular form a subtlety yet a noticeable presence on the wrist. The blued hands against the white dial of the classic Reverso looks so classy and amazingly legible. The Duofaces are just a treat and as for the Tourbillons, well, they truly are wonders. It really is an enthusiasts watch. One I would love to own in the future. Yet again, you’ve managed to score a try for the Boks with this brilliant video. Great work my friend. ✊

The Reverso is an amazing looking watch, I would love to own one & this video does it justice. Great 👍 Thank you

My first proper timepiece was a Reverso. Years later I still smile everytime I put it on.

The most beautiful watch on the market.

I’m going home and switching watches! Mine has been tucked away for years and you just reminded me why I purchased it and have always loved it so. Thank you. Batman wore it too! 😂💚💚

A truly great tribute to a great watch, and if you have ever held one and reversed it the actual feel is Rolls Royce like....if you have a sports watch, you yearn a chronograph, then you up the ante to a complication...and JLC being the Watchmakers Watchmaker certainly offer that in the Reverso. Great stuff as always and the depth of the anaysis was spot on! Thank you.

It took me quite a few decades of lusting after the Reverso to finally find a model that fit my 7-9/16" wrist, and even larger hands. I finally did with the right fit with the Reverso Grand 976, which is sadly now discontinued. This Reverso is a pseudo sports/dress watch not only because of its history, but in this model due to its quite rugged movement. The 976 hand wound movement is based on the JLC 975 "Autotractor" sports movement [an automatic] and has a free sprung balance, full balance bridge and double laser welded hairspring, plus a 48 hour power reserve. Additionally, it has a quick hour set complication making it a great travel watch... A very practical watch. The added bonus is the display case back showcasing the wonderful movement.

A comprehensive treatise on an icon.

I have loved this watch style for so many years. Love this video.

Didn't Hamilton make a copy that was was an infringement?

I’m so happy you did this video. The one you needed to do! And you did it justice.

I've always like them, but now I gotta have one!! I predict a spike in sales from the IDGuy Effect!

Not just a watch enthusiast's watch but a watch makers watch.

Sir do you sleep much! Another excellent video in a such short time period! JLC I feel is like the watch connoisseur's brand as much as they were the watchmaker's watchmaker. My favourite brand is Cartier, but JLC comes close second. They're almost antithesis to each other in terms of how they approach watch making IMO, but that's what makes them so appealing to me. The Reverso is definitely on my grail list, though their other watches catch my interest so often too (their limited edition Polaris had me in fever for weeks recently). Though there is one point I would like to make; I'm not sure exactly what causes it but sometimes when I see one worn, they don't always look right. I think it mostly comes down to the wearer wearing too large of a watch but they look a lot less elegant sometimes. Perhaps it is the lugs, they elongate the watch a lot more than they look, or the rounded edges that make the watch look a lot larger than they are. Maybe it's the proportion of the rectangle, or perhaps the thickness. I'm not sure, the Tank and its many iterations never looked too jarring if they are worn oversized but the Reverso seems to stand out extremely if you get the proportions wrong.

The Reverso is the Dogs testicles, and a large dog at that, easily a St bernard or Great Dane. One of the most beautiful manual timepieces ever designed, and the Duoface is stunningly beautiful.

BRAVO ID Guy...!! Another excellent video..you again knocked it out of the park !!🏏

JLC an awesome brand. Nice video mate

Beautiful crafted and elegant....Just like your videos. Keep up the good work, great content 😊.

"It keeps the deco motifs on the down-low" Bravo

Brilliant video, everything about it is captivating. Your narration is amazing. Now, I have to decide which reverso to hunt!

PLEASE STOP the nonsense about British polo players in India. Pure marketing myth. Annoying at that, I played polo in Argentina for years. Never have I seen a player wearing a watch on a field.

I am about to pull the trigger on one of those but I really can't decide between the tribute to 1931 (black) and the tribute small seconds all blue. Any thoughts?

Small seconds monoface steel, every day I put it on I feel good for a moment. My fave watch. JLC rule.

Why would you use a watch during a polo match if you can't tell time with it?

You and Bark and Jack dropped vids at the exact same time. Choices to be made....

Brilliant review: passionate, informed, comprehensive and insightful.

One of my main grails... they're beautifil

I love this watch and this video so much! I share it with my friends multiple times a day!

Don't your watch tim mosso in watchbox reviews...idguy????

Ohhh, a few years ago? was it even 2018, the 100 ys de Stijl movement?, there was one with an emaille mondrian on the back. i am pretty sure i'd kill for that... thanks for another concise, instructive and, as always, educating vid. have fun times.

SUBBED that was amazing! Im so bored of these "watch experts" desperate for attention pretending to know anything more than a 5 min google gives you

The perfect watch for a schizophrenic. The JLC Jekyll / Hyde. Also the best choise for Two Face arch enemy of Batman. Cheers

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Great video! Wonderful watches....and I like the lines of their Master Control more than most holy trinity round, dress, similar. Thanks!

I thought i'd found all the decent watch channels and then i stumbled across this reverso video. I really liked the cadence of the video, your relaxing voice and of course you highlighted my favourite JLC. You didn't mention the golden ratio at all though which i feel is was a mistake as the golden ratio speaks to the enduring, natural appeal and the flawless aesthetic. i had to watch it twice just to see the enamelled piece uniques .Fantastic video. Thank you.

Can’t go wrong with a Reverso! Great review!

WOW an old Archie die hard pick

As an owner of a Reverso, a Duoface in steel for that matter, the video covered details of the design, fine points, that I didn‘t notice at all. Great video on an excellent topic.

I have the Night & Day in the traditional size and absolutely cherish it. I am in the process of downsizing my collection now, but will never sell this watch. JLC and Nomos are my two favorite watch brands.

One of if not the best report of the Reverso I have ever heard. History, build and design all well detailed and distilled to a pure conversation. Exceptional!

Very well done Sir. Relatively new here and very impressed. Personally I love the Reverso and had an opportunity to handle a Duo Face at a Christmas Eve party recently. It fulfilled every expectation. Cheers

How do you not mention the Reverso Squadra??? Its a large sport watch with a GMT and a Chronograph!

These are uniquely attractive to me who appreciates a more traditional watch like a Railmaster

This has to be the best video that I’ve ever seen on the Reverso. Is there a book that is considered the best reference on the JLC Reverso? Thanks.

I got my last week from Vegas and I totally in love with this.

Underrated watch maker, underrated channel. Love the content! Keep it up 👍

I love my golden nugget Riverso Grand Taille, sweet buttery manual movement that keeps precise time. JLC is haute horology for a mere price of a Rolex with the craftsmanship of Patek Philippe. JLC are simply master watch makers the holly trinity can testify to JLC movement.

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I always thought it was pronounced “Jay-jay LaKool-tray”. JK, this is the quintessential Art Deco rectangular watch, and I’d love to own one some day.

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I’d like JLC to. 1. Make every Reverso dual-dialed. 2. It would present its challenges, but wouldn’t it be cool if they could make it an automatic?!? Never tell a watch maker that it can’t be done! 3. Offer 20+ dial colors, styles, dial printing and hardware options. 4. Allow the customer to choose which dials the watch reverses to as well as the strap and stitching. Make mine the rouge dial, blued steel dial hardware and printing reversing to a blue dial, red-fired bronze dial hardware and matching burgundy dial printing with a navy gator strap with burgundy stitching that matches each dial. Or perhaps a salmon dial, blued steel dial hardware and printing reversing to a forest green dial. Offering lots of options like that would make each customer feel like they’re getting something bespoke!

For the watch connesewer.

Fantastic video of a legendary timepiece!

Penultimate ?

I'll admit, I've never seen the appeal of the JLC Reverso. I still don't after watching this video, but I understand it slightly more. Great video!

Damn. Google really listen 2 everything

Not my cup of tea, but excellent video, thank you 👍👍

Consider a Reverso in any watch collection; be it a 1-piece, 3, 5, 7 or a baker's dozen, go get one, at the very least. And I say this with no prejudice...

Grail Watch ....

Outstanding! Both watch and your commentary. There is something very mesmerizing about the Reverso, and likely the most verstatile watch you can get. Kudos to JLC in my humble opinion, for keeping so many of the models with stainless steel cases. It not only makes the watch extremely great value, but enhances the robust quality of the watch. I could go on and on with my comments, but you have said everything far more beautifully than I ever could. Thank you. Cheers, Carl

Excellent video as always!! My vote 🗳 goes to the Reverso but I’ve always been more of a Santos (and Cloche) guy when it comes to Cartier 👍🏻

Dankie!! I just purchased a Reverso dual face, small seconds. such a beautiful piece!

I can not pronounce the full name of JLC, but the brand is soft and if you buy one, you better want it for life because if you go to sell it, you probably will take a big hit. It's an awesome watch and I wish I had a reveso. Maybe the nicest watch they make but Dress watches are the hardest to sell if you want to get rid of it. Sport watches are the most popular and most selling watches now. Even I only wear a dress watch for Funerals or Weddings.

Interesting to see that in the original technical drawings the watch is square instead of rectangular. I wish JLC could bring back the failed Reverso Squadra in a slightly smaller size (amd with a more thoughtfully designedsteel bracelet). I liked that watch a lot - in fact, way more than the recatangular version - but it was just ridiculously large as JLC decided to follow the big watch trend of the 2000s.

What a fantastic video! Absolutely love your work - it's lekker broë!

Thank you for such an informative video. Your prose is poetic!

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I wish someone would make a watch that could flip between a slide rule bezel for calculations and a more simple diver configuration. With a manageable size, that would be my ultimate grail piece.

One of the most iconic and classiest watch references of all time.

Another masterpiece video. I prefer watching your videos to watching the news. That’s a big admission.

I’m thinking of a jlc classic medium duoface small sec as my final timepiece. Or should it be the ‘R’?

most reverso are manually wound

IDGuy your reviews and commentaries are very professional and full of details. 👍

Beautiful watch. Thanks for the great information. Some of those art watches are truly... well, art. Altogether a reminder to human beings to ‘stay classy’.

I wanted the master control sector dial initially, but ended up getting the reverso duoface small seconds large. No regrets

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If you don't get an explorer,just get one of these instead.the plainer the better.idont have either of these,but when it comes down to it they would be hard to beat.

Lol you messed up the pronunciation the one thong you started with, call a boutique no one calls it jayjay the coot

Enjoyed this thoughtful presentation very much, thanks. A gold reverse is a grail watch for me.

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0:31 what model is this?

Great Video and I fully agree that it’s a icon. ...it’s on my list...

Not underrated at all !

Love the reverso 😍😍😍