Hi guys, I recently got a call from a local dealer, he mostly sells antiques and a lot of junk. Some times he gets his hands on some goodies. Ive bought some great Omegas, Certinas and even a Mido "Radiator watch" from him. Now he has the opportunity to buy two JLC Reverso-watches and he called me and asked if Im interested. I asked for some pictures, but he only has one. I know nothing about JLC and the picture is terrible, but I wanted to do some research before I looked at it in real life and made an offer. My problem is that I cant find a similar one online. Can any of you identify the model or if its even authentic? Just to be clear: The pictures he sends me is always this terrible, but I trust him not to try to scam me. He knows very little about watches himself. The Mido "Radiator watch" was a good example because he offered it at $3.
Is this guy a dealer as you mentioned? He’s finding vintage watches and offering them to you for $3? What are his margins?
Hehehe.. Thanks everyone, even if it was kind of bizarre I had my suspicions of it being fake when I didnt find anything like it online. The closest I found was ref. 274.8.85. He usually buys parts of or whole estates and sometimes finds watches buried in lots of junk Im describing him as a dealer, but he has more of an organized flea market if that makes any sense. Im always looking to give him fair prices, thats why he calls me when he finds something interesting Theres a thread about the Mido somewhere on the forum, but here it is with some of the other goodies Ive bought from him the last 2-3 yeats:
Having owned a Reverso Duo, that does not look like an authentic watch. As others commented, the proportions are all wrong. Case, dial components, crown size, etc. It's also missing guilloche. The two words on the black side of the dial should say Day and Night, and that smaller dial a 24-hr dial rather than seconds hand.
In case it needs to be made clearer - I've almost every JLC catalogue since 1991 & confirm the OP posted a very bad imitation of a 1990's style Reverso model that never actually existed.
