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That Reverso is perhaps the most beautiful watch in the world. The sheer engineering and design language, no wonder JLC is the watchmaker's watchmaker.

@Pilkie101

2 жыл бұрын

I tend to agree, it's just impressive in every way a watch can be.

@kostinarain7373

2 жыл бұрын

I think the Royal Oak is the best looking..but reverso also 👌🏿👌🏿classic

@porsche911c

Жыл бұрын

How is power transmitted to the back portion of the watch? Through the hinge? I can't figure it out.

@dsilva2012

Жыл бұрын

@@kostinarain7373 I disagree w that.

@tubo85able

Жыл бұрын

@@porsche911c I think the face have its own power and the back have its own.

I’m not saying the VC isn’t impressive because it most certainly is but the breathtaking artistry, ,engineering, and design language of this Reverso is absolutely mind blowing. What’s more is it accomplishes this level of avant-garde design while still remaining classical and timeless. One of the most amazing watches I’ve ever seen and while I love what JLC does I’ve always felt their designs were missing some little something. Apparently they were saving each one of those somethings to put in this watch. Just glorious.

These watches are completely nuts. The engineering involved is epic. The Reverso is a complicated work of mechanical art. I would never wear any of these though to wash the dishes though.

@karan_hiremath

2 жыл бұрын

I would wear one of these every time i turn my computer on to work. I'd look at them and think about the engineering marvels on my wrist and the tools at my fingertips and it would inspire me to create something with as much passion as those people that made those beautiful things

@kristensorensen2219

Жыл бұрын

Thank God for dishwasher technology!!

@roninnovastar1321

Жыл бұрын

People who wear theses watches do not wash dishes.

@jpetify

3 ай бұрын

Or play polo.

My preference is the Vacheron Constantin. The rear dial of said watch clinches the decision. The transparent sidereal star map is gorgeous. Prefer it a lot more than the 3rd and 4th dials of the JLC.

This JLC is magic, good to see that a watch company is pushing the edge of the art.

This new format is a real winner. And that JLC was a revelation. Good work chaps.

"I want my money next full moon!" That was hilarious. I hope they owe you more than $150k because you just threw more than that through the window. Mechanical Henry Winkler was a close second.

I would love it if these guys review complete brand collections as a full fledged podcast.

@iwnl_vale

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea

@exe8306

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea

@mobeenamjad1

2 жыл бұрын

What a great idea! I second that

I'm in awe of the beauty and engineering genius involved in the design ideas and then actually being able to build these masterpieces. But as I listened and heard them say how the reality is that you'd never really use most of the complications. Id love to see someone design a watch with the idea in mind of adding complications that people would actually use fairly regularly. I'm trying to think of some right now and it's tough, so that would be the real achievement in thinking of what people need on a daily basis that could be turned into complications.

I appreciate the premium you place on the double entendre. The complicated complications…superb.

When I was buying a replacement rubber strap for my Ikepod chronograph in St Moritz . I was shown a watch containing 3 Tourbillons located at different saptiial angles. At that time retailing for about 700 K Swiss Franks. I guess that would be a good contender in this area. Never being able to have one it's fun seeing and knowing about such time pieces.

The Reverso with four faces is out of this world (and its price too). It is a museum piece, beautiful to look at, but please do not touch!

Yeah but the VC doesn't have a minute repeater! That's equivalent to 10 complications by itself. But, 3 weeks reserve power? WOW!

Of the three watches here, the JLC Infinity is my favorite, while the Happy Days watch is my least. Diner kitsch is just that, it's kitsch. My hat is off to the watchmakers for engineering this marvel but sticking a jukebox in the Louvre doesn't make the jukebox a masterpiece.

@gabrielmassicotte-rochon6920

2 жыл бұрын

If a can of tomato soup can become a masterpiece, a jukebox can as well... Actually putting a jukebox in the louvres would be making it a masterpiece...

The tide level on the Astronomia is actually made to order for the person who orders it. You can choose where you want it to be synced.

Great video as usual. I don’t mind the title some others are calling clickbait - the title is one of the only things that is going to attract views, which surely keeps the channel going. The video always delivers so it’s not misleading. I’d like to see this channel grow even more so keep doing what you’ve got to do to please KZread!

@SoulDelSol

Жыл бұрын

It's really not click bait

Looking forward to part two. These watches are amazing

The Reverso is gorgeous. I think the fact that the base of the watch should be counted as adding at least 2 more Complications one for each side if not more than 2 seeing the challenge of transmitting power and information between the movement where that transmission not only has to swivel but also slide when the movement is flipped! Also in terms of aesthetics, the Reverso wins handsdown. The VC looks kind of like what you guys described at 1:50 ... running out of space and just fitting this function here and that over there and squeezing the other in that corner under that and this.... etc. The VC may have more complications but just complications for complications sake does not make it beautiful. The opus 14 is complicated in a different way and yet the design language gels well just like the JLC.

This style of video was so enjoyable to watch! Love the dynamic

Great video and pieces thanks! 😊 Also good that you have two guys speaking.

If anyone had any doubt about human engineering and the possibilities of it look no further than these three watches. I can repair a simple watch probably a chronometer...but these are daunting to even look at ( comprehend ) let alone dismantle diagnose and repair ! Bravo to those horologists and their patrons. Well done Watchfinder fellows !

@fez877

2 жыл бұрын

BS. A simple watch is just 3 hand set and probably with a date complication, being a Chronometer doesn’t make it any more complicated. You doesn’t seem to know what you’re talking.

@ADthehawk

Жыл бұрын

@@fez877 "you *doesn't* seem to know what you're talking" Yeah, right...

@wasteddude9387

Жыл бұрын

Three?

@balesjo

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking along the lines of, this watch doesn't get sent to the local jewelry store for servicing, it gets sent back to JLC for their experts to disassemble, clean, and lube. As I'd said earlier, I couldn't afford the cost or servicing, much less the cost of the watch. But man how I'd love to have one!

@wasteddude9387

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I missed that earlier. But I actually AM curious about Fez. Fez seems very confused, as demonstrated by that response which has all the insight, intellect, and instinct of a squirrel-hunter's belch. Obviously Fez is threatened or offended by something mentioned in FLATHEAD BEAR'S rather charming compliment.

You totally blew me with "Unicycle powered by his own..." Great video using mental complications! Thank you so much for making me subscribe! It means more than you imagine!

One thing that is melting my brain is how that JLC transfers energy from the spring to the complications on the double-back-dials?? The main case slides from one side to another, there are no visible gears to transfer that energy

Glad you mention this JLC reverso. This watch is just amazing.

Wow, this was a very interesting video and I was really impressed by the engineering and detail in all of these watches. Thanks for the video.

The JLC is the modern day Antikythera mechanism for the wrist, it's magnificent! 😍

@CheesyCore

2 жыл бұрын

I wont say its a modern antikythera mechanism, since its a very outdated mechanical technology that is meant to show craftsmanship more than anything else. its a 50's antikythera mechanism for a modern day antikythera mechanism on your wrist, strap your phone to a band and download something like skysafari you have a skymap throughout millions of years sun and moon (and plenty of other stars) location relative to earth and distance. again throughout millions of years orbital paths of thousand starts relative to other stars your phone also has perpetual calendar that adjust to century leap years, which is yet to be done on a watch in history it has minute repeater, in multiple of languages memovox, multiple simultaneously even split second chronograph, and split minutes, and hours, and even days if you want it is unbelievable impressive what jlc has achieved mechanically with this watch. but it's absolutely not a modern day technology and is far inferior scientifically to what we got today

@evkoum

2 жыл бұрын

@@CheesyCore antikethyra was *mechanical*....

@CheesyCore

2 жыл бұрын

@@evkoum yap, that's why its a 50's tech and not modern ;) its impressive af not taking away from that. but its not modern. we all dwell here on antique tech in the watches community

@Watch-Crazy

2 жыл бұрын

@@CheesyCore Agreed, however I'm looking at this from an analogue computer perspective as opposed to an electronic computer one. Based on what you are saying a phone or smartphone isn't a phone at all but a multifunctioning device that just happens to make and receive calls. You could also save yourself some wrist-space by buying a full android smartwatch from aliexpress...

@Watch-Crazy

2 жыл бұрын

@@evkoum Exactly!

That JLC left me speechless. It is an absolute marvel of human achievement in engineering. Honestly, looking at that watch made me feel like a semi-literate chimpanzee…and I’m quite skilled at what I do. Eternal thanks for this video and the thorough deflation of my unjustifiable ego.

This series is the best. Several genuine laughs in every one of them. Thanks for the chuckles.

@ozeskiman

2 жыл бұрын

I got the save reply. Did you follow it up?

That reverso has to be one of the greatest watches ever when it comes to complications.

Great video as always gents. Keep up them coming please

Imagine setting these crazy pieces. My brain would melt.. great vid guys..

Totally love your videos. Not only because of the great macro takes you do, but also that you slip in humor from time to time. Especially the JLC strap let me chuckle while thinking "hmm, how would that look on my wrist" 😂. All in all, I am always amazed how perfect these 'analog' have become and still are a marvel of human perfection in mechanics. Quartz and digital watches could do all of these things by themselves, but just lacks the heart and perfection of these watches.

@ozeskiman

2 жыл бұрын

I got the same reply. Did you follow it up?

Reverso is definitely the one that catches all of the attention and rightfully so, it truly is a piece of art.

That Reverso watch is an Apocalypse watch! Imagine having that much information in a perpetual analog source, once all electronics are disabled! Beautiful!

That Reverso deserves to be in a museum of art.

A watch in itself is art, but this JLC watch is a True Masterpiece! 👍👍

Yh man love these Watchfinder formats.

gotta say I've been loving this podcast type format with Tom.

@ozeskiman

2 жыл бұрын

I got the she reply. Did you follow it up.

How do jlc get the power to the two faces in the frame the reverso is set it? Amazing piece

Is it a stretch to include the JLC's box in the complication count? Because that thing is a work of mechanical genius by itself

2:07 you really get an idea of how amazingly complicated these watches can get. i cant believe that all fits into one little compartment on my wrist.

Grand idea! Thank you for the show. Stay healthy everybody! Greatings from Germany

@AtheistOrphan

2 жыл бұрын

👋 waves from the U.K to my old friends in Stadtoldendorf (unter Homburg).

Very, very enjoyable! Thanks guys!

Loved it 😊-21 minutes never went so fast!

WatchAdvisor did a half an hour long exclusive interview/showcase of that JLC last year for anyone interested. It sure lacks Tom's incredible macro work (ofc they weren't in a studio with all the equipment), but it's still worth a 'watch' !

@curtisnewton2437

2 жыл бұрын

Saw it, too. It was more detailed then Tom's but both videos are great to remind us, why we love watches so much.

The Reverso is beautifully crafted!:)

The JLC and the Vacheron are competing for my dreams. I love them both so much.

That JLC is in a league of its own. I can only see Patek coming close with something, the engineering is unparalleled.

That JLC is nuts. Imagine recalibrating that

Nice to see Harry Ramsden are making a comeback haha 😂 Looking forward to seeing how Wimpy will compete

Right....that Harry Winston is truly crazy-cool.

Love the JLC, don't like the Harry Winston tbh. Keen amateur astronomer so love the astronomical complications, very cool & useful to some of us. Look forward to part 2. Thanks Gents 👍🏻👍🏻

@Dornul

2 жыл бұрын

Did they put out part 2 yet? I can't seem to find it.

@stevefox8605

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dornul don't think so mate.

Loving these chats, keep em rolling please. mind blown with these watches, but the Reverso is for me, just looks better having all these complications on 4 sides.

@ozeskiman

2 жыл бұрын

I got the same reply. Did you follow it up?

@mrgee007

2 жыл бұрын

@@ozeskiman No, its a scam

This is briliant, a lot of fun to watch haha, keep up the great content!

Andrew and Tom, i could see these as props on Dr Who? They are works of art.

JLC Designer: "So, boss, how many watch faces, complications, and jewels do you want in the watch?" JLC Boss: "Yes, Yes, and Yes"

Celestia is one of my all time fav along with A Lang and Sone pour le merit grand complication (do check it out). I loved your conversation, laughed my ass off. My kind of rhetoric.

Ssooo funny, entertaining and enlightening all at once-well done!:]

Thanks for the dopamine fix love the content and presentation.

Ooo that awesome watch comes with a mood-ring band? ….sold!

7:54 had me in absolute stitches.

Bravo! How about you two examine the Credor watch brand together? Thank you.

Nice video mate 🥃

Is the JLC powered by one movement or is there one for each of the 2 parts?

Amazing piece of ART. simply beautifull !!!

All three watches are true marvels of ingenuity, engeneering, craftsmanship, persistance and painstakingly hard work !

real life user experience of a Reverso. They are very heavy and can easily catch on door handles etc cos of their width - they stick out when you walk around. easy to bang / scratch. I had a RoseGold MoonPhase - stunning beautiful but found just like my Franck Muller it’s ONLY used rarely. But this ONE is beyond the beyond. Epic. Day to Day use a Gold Tissot automatic!

I find the Reverso to be quite practical; much more so than Social Media sites, all television channels on the whole,all politicians, etc

I like the JLC Hybris, the VC Cabinotiers, and the HW Opus 14

Stunning complications! However, I own a Timex analogue watch which has temperature, tides and a compass!

OMG, the hybris mechanical is so insane, I just can't even wrap my brain around it! We don't deserve JLC!

Dude that background music, that's Dankpods' test music!

The VC is amazing, but how and even begin to reset it if it ever stopped?

All bonkers, but fascinating! I can't even get my head around a G shock GA2100

That Reverso would fit perfectly into the Treasure Planet universe.

This is the shortest 20min video I have ever watched. Can't wait for the part 2.

As someone who does astrophotography the Reverso is the watch I would love to own. I can't afford it but it's gorgeous and I would use the lunar sides all the time

AL&S and JLC are the real Kings of the realm in watchmaking.

@omur2360

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! True, true craftsmanship, engineering, watchmaking..

As an American I have to say that, "I resemble that remark!".

As a sailor I'm still waiting for the mechanical tide grapher

The Harry Winston is different great movement . The JLC always excellent craftsmanship . A very high standard of workmanship with all these watches .Bonkers is good . Madness and genius there’s a fine line .

How do you set the day date and year on these watches? And talking about the JLC, how do they managed to transfer the Energy from the spring to the case back on the strap? I dont think there Is another spring in the case back. If Simeone can explain please

Wow. VC to wear, JLC to look at. And yes very entertaining, wicked.

*Dankpods jazz plays* Me: "Oh, I see you're a man of culture as well"

I prefer the single face reverso to the double but dang the 4 faces is beautiful

The Reverso is not a watch, . . . it's a physics lesson, it's a ballad of reality and imagination , . . it's pure sorcery ... it's simply Beautiful !

I own a Reverso Duoface so I am slightly biased, but my God that Reverso is pure Watch Porn!!! All 3 are amazing, but the Reverso somehow looks elegant despite all the complications, which can't be said for the others 😂

The comedic banter of these two is brilliant 😂

The background music in the 1st part of the video with the JLC Watch is the same as the hold music on my land line phone. I don't know what to do with this information.

I've really been enjoying this new format, it has a very Derek and Clive vibe.

no link to part 2 ?

Great episode, your comments are priceless 👍

Please can you make this a podcast and upload to Spotify etc.

my cleaning maiden has the first one.she has it on always when she cleans my fusion engine powered shitter every day.

If I could choose one it'd certainly be the JLC... But the Midnight Planetarium by Van Cleef and Arpels is still my favourite

Loved the discussion here, but the airhorn at the end freaked out my cat 😂

That was a very thoughtful piece. I think it’s an inspired move by Swatch to democratise a high end watch brand. And it’s just *fun* and playful- and we could all use some of that now….

Please start adding Navigation through your videos + always write down the name + nr, I find myself often searching for watches you are talking about without knowing exactly the name or exact ref. nr. Thanks, great work - kind regards

As long as the moon phase and time are correct, the tide level indicator should work correctly, you probably dont need to set that separately since tides mostly vary based on time and the moon phase!