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JLC Duoface. Has anyone here got one?

  1. bigsom Nov 7, 2021

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    You’re not wrong. It’s quite poor. If you’re interested in lume there are probably better references to consider.
     
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  2. Eve Nov 8, 2021

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    ok, now i get your sarcasm! :thumbsup:
     
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  3. Vizard Nov 8, 2021

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  5. padders Oooo subtitles! Nov 8, 2021

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    One comment about watch 2, they don't actually show you the other dial which is strange but one can assume there is nothing awry there. All being equals take the cheaper on, £2K goes along way but if it needs a service, that is around £800 full price at JLC so goes some way to explaining the difference.
     
  6. Vizard Nov 8, 2021

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    It is on the Zeitauktion website. https://www.zeitauktion.com/en/JAEG...D-MANUAL-WINDING-MEN-S-WATCH-270-1-54-2103782

    Worth noting that Zeitauktion is the one seller that hasn't come back to me.
     
  7. padders Oooo subtitles! Nov 8, 2021

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    Fair enough. It looks good. Is the strap actually original JLC I wonder? Perhaps not but perhaps that can be forgiven bearing in mind the price. The caseback pic makes it rather look like the markings have either worn or been polished off I note, compare with the more expensive example. In fact I think there has been some Photoshop jiggery pokery there. Not the end of the world but not ideal if so. My own are pretty faint it must be said.
     
  8. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 8, 2021

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    Option a …. Great dial design and execution. The more interesting of the two.
     
  9. padders Oooo subtitles! Nov 8, 2021

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    They are the same model are they not?
     
  10. Vizard Nov 8, 2021

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    I’ve put an offer in.

    The cheaper one has a alligator strap but it’s not JLC.
     
  11. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 8, 2021

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    No…
     
  12. padders Oooo subtitles! Nov 8, 2021

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    Well they have the same case number and same dials. Am I missing something?
     
  13. Vizard Nov 8, 2021

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    I am not quite sure how it works, but I have seen different variations with the same model number.
     
  14. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Nov 8, 2021

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    One is a duo … the other is not.
     
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  15. jsducote Nov 8, 2021

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    Strictly talking price, all 3 of these are more than the average you would have paid at auction within the last 2 years. Auctions are, arguably, a bit riskier than a C24 listing or a retailer that you trust. But if you do your due diligence, which you should already be doing with C24 or any other seller, you could save about US$1000 by being patient.
     
  16. padders Oooo subtitles! Nov 8, 2021

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    I think we must be talking at cross purposes here. The two c24 listings the OP refers to and that you quote are both the same Duo model. Case number 270.1.54 Click the links you quoted, both have Duo in the description, both are 2 dial watches though the cheaper listing fails to show the second dial which is a pretty big oversight.
     
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  17. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Nov 9, 2021

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    That's probably the side that got whacked with that bastard Algernon's polo mallet at the end of the last chukka.
     
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  18. Vizard Nov 9, 2021

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    Here's another. Same reference, different dial.
    Price isn't everything.

    If I do a deal for the more expensive one, I should be getting a watch fresh from JLC service. It also has a brand new strap. So I will, in theory at least, be getting a watch that I like, which isn't available anymore, at a reasonable price.

    If I buy one of the others, it has NOT had a JLC service and is therefore something of an unknown.

    Let's be honest too, if I am looking for a timepiece with low financial risk, I would probably not buy a yellow gold wrist watch at all!
     
  19. padders Oooo subtitles! Nov 9, 2021

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    You didn't add a link but I am not disputing that the same case number can have dial or strap variation. That is the same in the Omega world too. For retail purposes, JLC use a Q number which is analogous to the Omega PIC. This does uniquely identify the combination of dial, case, strap etc. What can't happen though is that 2 watches with the same case number can have different number of dials since that would require a completely different case!

    As an example, my watch which has case number 270.3.54 has retail identifier QA271302.
     
  20. Vizard Nov 9, 2021

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    Sorry, full tard mode.

    https://www.blowers-jewellers.co.uk/product/jaeger-le-coultre-reverso-duoface-18ct-yellow-gold/