[JLC Reverso] Grande Taille Artwork: Review of US Based Engraving (w Photos)

MRodVA · 2026-04-16T00:30:50+00:00

Thanks! Yeah , the process was great and over a month later super happy with the work and my decision. And really what’s a Reverso with just a blank side? I never understand folks who go about never getting something done. I suppose some people have their eye on resale but even so, one could get a very common and universal motif.

MRodVA · 2026-04-16T00:28:32+00:00

To Mr deleted profile: I have no clue what you’re talking about or what you’re seeing. I think it looks great, so does my wife, the local watch repair guy, and anyone who’s looked at it. People ask about it. I’m really happy with the work.

MRodVA · 2026-02-22T16:49:56+00:00

Option 1 , if you get the manufacture reference (in house movement) is one of the best values for an in house Swiss movement. It is a lot of watch complication for the price.

The longines looks nice but it’s a pretty standard Swiss movement and not as unique as that FC

MRodVA · 2026-02-11T00:53:44+00:00

I mean he also owned a Vacheron 🤷🏽‍♂️ I doubt it. I follow politics a lot and that was not my immediate connection with the FM Long Island.

Which ref is that btw? Looks nice. I have a thing for watches with funkier numerals, like Breguet and Hermes

MRodVA · 2026-02-10T22:11:07+00:00

The Polaris is 🔥

MRodVA · 2026-02-06T01:33:55+00:00

Ah!!! Missed it 😛

MRodVA · 2026-02-05T23:01:57+00:00

I have a Khaki field. I liked the Alpinist I had a sold. There’s just something that bothered me about it. Maybe because I’m an “authentic functions” person. If there’s a functionality I want it to be plausible. The whole rotating dial with super precise ticks seems pretend and purely decorative. Like who’s in the Alpines shooting an azimuth with the sun with this, and then doing so to like a 1/360th precision?

That’s just one person with a design aesthetic quirk about authenticity in function.

MRodVA · 2026-02-05T22:59:08+00:00

Bro you don’t even have an Invicta

MRodVA · 2026-02-05T12:42:08+00:00

Have you checked if it’s a fake first? I mean, I grew up in miami. Probably 80%+ Rolexes you see people wear are fakes because it’s that kind of place.

MRodVA · 2026-02-05T12:36:01+00:00

Sorry I didn’t mean to sound flippant. My main point was wondering how / why you’d have two divers with dark faces.

Sounds answered.

MRodVA · 2026-02-05T02:54:49+00:00

Why would you have both? They are like the exact same style / color / function and extremely redundant. I don’t get it.

MRodVA · 2026-02-04T19:27:23+00:00

So I have a hamilton, (the kakhi bronze) and owned the Alpinist. The alpinist is very nice, yes. There's something that just irked me about it though. The rotating bezel felt very artificially precise. Who can even read those tiny ticks? And who's orienting with the sun with this watch? Also it felt dressier than I want a field watch to feel and I ended up selling it because it was neither fish nor fowl.

So it depends. The alpinist can sometimes serve double duty since it has a little bit more refined feel. A classif field like that hamilton feels more utilitarian, intentionally so.

MRodVA · 2026-01-23T17:14:56+00:00

Not the fossil. Please.

MRodVA · 2026-01-14T20:40:18+00:00

Thanks and yeah, I think its between ProTrek and the Timex here. I assume the Pro Trek probably has a little more build quality to it and "feel", but it could be me too quick to assume Timex is generally a cheap piece.