My First Grail Watch: Jerome Mage
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Jerome Mage (JM): My name is Jerome Mage, and I am the co-founder and creative director for MARCH LA.B. We are an independent watchmaker with offices in Biarritz and LA (Alain Marhic, the founder of MARCH LA.B, is working from France while I am in Los Angeles).ABTW: What was your first grail watch?JM: My first grail watch was definitely the Jaeger le Coultre Reverso, a watch that represents elegance, class, and intelligence. It has a real beauty - a perfect balance between purity of lines and subtle line engraving that is eponymous of the art deco period. I used to browse the windows of stores of jewelers in Paris when I was 17, 18 years old. Daydreaming of one day owning this watch.As of late, I became obsessed with

My Summer (Beach and Pool) Planet Ocean
Pound for pound, I think these PO's are a better value than the Sub. This is a lot of watch, for a decent price indeed.

Sometimes you just get lucky!
A while ago, I decided that I wanted another Moonwatch, having flipped one a few months ago. Not just any Moonwatch, though - an early to mid-90's late tritium dial, perfect case and complete package. The tritium would need to be dark, and everything about it pristine.I thought that I'd have a pretty long wait because I really am a fussy sod when it comes to my watches; anyone who's bought one from me will probably testify to that. What I wasn't expected was to find the precise watch I was looking for almost immediately. Not only that, but a watch with 100% provenance, having been owned by a member of TZ-UK's father for five years from new, and then by the seller himself until he decided to let it go. I bought it barely daring to hope that it was the watch I was looking for, but it arrived today and it really is... perfect. A reference 3590.50 from 1995, with the loveliest dial I've seen on a Speedy. In fact, it's the loveliest Moonwatch I've seen.Enjoy the photos...

Wasn't there a thread in this forum teaching you how to replace the bracelet?
I remember looking at a post showing you how to replace the bracelet yourselfit says put sticky tape on the lugs b4 you start so u prevent scratching.I wonder if there post is still available ?

5990 Black Dial on a 5711?
I would love to have a 5711 with the black/grey dial from the 5990. The dial for the 5711 (with the amount of open real estate) would truly take advantage of the complexity of the grey/black color in various lights. It would be stunning, just like a 5176 .patek/contents/defaul...90_1A_001.htmlThoughts? I think it would be an instant hit. Its not as though the color dial is new to the Nautilus line- it just hasn't made its way to the right spot yet