Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre à Chronographe 2013

Let me start with a picture.



We were in 2010, when Jaeger-Lecoultre unveiled a new Duometre, the Quantieme Lunaire.

Aesthetically very close to the " A Chronographe ", born in 2007, the Quantieme Lunaire showed another face, another spirit, with these apertures at 5 and 7 o'clock.

At least for the colored gold versions, as the white gold, which came one year after, in 2011, had a plain dial.

The Duometre à Chronographe, as it was unveiled in 2007:



At the SIHH, this year, I had the surprise to see an evolutioon of the Duometre à Chronographe.







The case is still 42 mm big, and 0, 15 mm thicker ( 13, 62 instead of 13, 47 for the previous one ), with a slightly re designed bezel, such as the one you can see on the Duometre Unique Travel Time.

Honestly, I diidn't see the change about the case, and yes, when you know the Duometres well, you can notice the new bezel, more " round ".

No, the real new thing is this dial

It seems that we'll more often see this kind of dial, in the future ( Sssshhhh, I said nothing, this is a secret between you and me ).

It is the opportunity to have a good and passionate discussion, here.

As you know, I am a big fan of the Duometre Family, since the very first day I saw it ( Geneva, April 2007, when the SIHH was in April ).

I love the plain grained dial a lot, as well as the black dial.

I am not very keen on the apertures, to say all, as it was the case with the first Quantème Lunaire.

I don't know why, maybe because it desorients me a bit?

Because it ruins the simple and very appealing look of the plain dial?

What do you think, here?

Best,

Nicolas.