I have a really fond memory of the 8 days perp.
I remember watching the television with my dad a few years back,a report on that year s SIHH came up,the year the Reverso Squadra was introduced(2006/7???).A big wow for me....it started the whole madness....I started researching the Squadra and getting to know about JLC.
I went to the boutique in London and got given that year s catalogue;I gave up on the squadra pretty soon and only one line of JLC seduced me:master control.
Everyone was telling me that the REAL JLC is only the Reverso.....naaah I said,even though I just started getting interested in watches(only a few days...)I realized the greatness of JLC,,,,now people start realizing but back then JLC was only Reverso for the majority.
Out of the Master control line 3 watches made me fall in love:Grande Reveil,Tourbillon and Master 8 Days Perp.So I clearly know the watch very well as I tried all of them on....Its part of the reason why I love JLC so much and watches in general.
Thats why the new version do not do much for me,,,doesn t compare with the old one...power reserve and day/night are not nice and the writing like Blomman said is out of place.....That first pic of the thread is a killer for me....
The 8 days came back a few years after...in its skeletonized version...at this point I knew a bit more about watches....enough to know how special it is..still hounting me....I remember playing with your Pt Nicolas(BTW why Nico????Why?).....and falling in love with the anniversary RG....
Thank you for the post Nicolas...great stuff.
Mo
This message has been edited by moc on 2011-04-13 23:10:05