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Jaeger Lecoultre Tribute to Deep Sea Alarm: The Trinity.

You all know the Tributes to Deep Sea Alarm US and the European version.

But you may have forgotten- or you will discover- the Red.

The Red is based on a Tribute to Deep Sea Alarm Europe, with two differences, the red alarm disc and the different wording on the case back.

Limited to three pieces, only one was sold for the Red Charity Auction which was held in Fall 2013, for the incredible sum of... 365 000 USD, while the two other watches are the property of the 2 gentlemen who customized it, MM Jonathan IRVE and Mark Newson.

These 3 pieces were added to the 959 TT Deep Sea Alarm Europe.

So, when we take an inventory of the TT DSAs, we should remember these 3 red pieces.

962 European, 359 American: 1321 pieces.

The Red is so close to the European and so different at the same time. A bit like a Red Rolex Daytona Paul Newman.

A love or hate piece, which fed some passionate discussions, 2 years ago.

Best,

Nicolas

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The Red..

By: fernando : October 5th, 2015-05:19

will make a nice pair with the Red Reverso ... sigh ... not to be.

That would be tempting, indeed. ;) [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-05:27

Nice trio ...

By: nilomis : October 5th, 2015-06:28

The good (or great) - Europe version. The bad - The red or impossible one. The ugly (not so but I need to match the movie title) - The US version (way too much writing on the dial). Of course, I own "The Good"! Cheers, Nilo

Good one, Nilo. ;) [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-11:57

3 versions

By: ED209 : October 5th, 2015-07:55

Thanks Nicolas, was not aware of the red version. My favorite is European. Regards, ED-209

beautiful red but i prefer the europe version..i would surely re purchase it ... [nt]

By: psfparis : October 5th, 2015-07:58

You should! [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-11:58

They didn't communicate a lot about it, since it was just for a charity auction and almost unique. [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-11:56

Being thehappy owner of both the DSAs -EU & US.. Love both, the EU a tiny bit more, maybe.. Have to say, the Red, how rare or expensive ( for charity reasons) they may be..

By: hs111 : October 5th, 2015-08:43

Sorry, never ever for me.. In fact, to me it\'s like deviation from the DSA genetics. The Red is bold, yes.. But that\'s maybe the only thing going for it.. The Red DSA, IMHO a totally other piece in appeal, signal & DNA, than the classy EU. For the Rever...

Nicely put, my friend. Thanks for your feedback. [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-11:58

Red Deep Sea AND an Atmos, actually ;-)

By: cfn : October 5th, 2015-10:41

Hi Nicolas, I went to the pre-auction show at Sotheby\'s as it took place close to where I live and I am a fan of both Apple (Jony Ive) and JLC (Marc Newson). It was a very cool collection of stuff under the (RED) banner JLC was there with the red Deep Se...

Yes, I saw the Leica, too... Hmmm... ;) Thanks, Claus. [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-12:15

I used to own the EU version...

By: Arie - Mr Orange : October 5th, 2015-12:50

And although it was, and is, a very pleasant watch to wear/handle and look at (on all accounts), I do not miss it. Why? Somehow it always kept nagging in the back of my mind: " This is not the real McCoy " So I took the descision never to buy a tribute or...

Not fake nor vintage, but Tribute to a Vintage.

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-13:16

Not totally the same. A fake vintage is a vintage whose authenticity can be questionned. With the Tribute, it is clear: It is not a vintage, nor a fake, it is just a modern watch which pays a hommage to a vintage. But I easily understand that you prefer t...

+1

By: chuck19 : October 5th, 2015-18:27

totally agree !

+1 totally agree !

By: chuck19 : October 5th, 2015-18:27

nt

I had forgotten about the red piece. Thanks for showing it once again alongside the others [nt]

By: Dave G : October 5th, 2015-13:32

Thanks for looking, my friend. I love to play with these pics side by side.

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-14:12

Therefore it helps to compare the watches I wanted to compare. Best, Nicolas

NO, something I will never forget :( [nt]

By: blomman Mr Blue : October 5th, 2015-13:45

I totally understand your point, my friend. [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-14:12

I remember

By: Brandon Skinner : October 5th, 2015-16:35

when this auction happened, I surmised the high bidder was prepared to donated the $365,000 no matter what, and as a thanks he got a free watch!!! If this is the case, what the watch is worth or how it looks is really secondary to the cause and to the gen...

Thanks for sharing this story, the grailwatch. [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-22:35

I suppose it is just an optical illusion

By: KMII : October 5th, 2015-21:35

Namely the U.S. one appears a tad larger - which I suppose is not the case?

Of course this is not the case. This is due to the different size of the pics I found. [nt]

By: amanico : October 5th, 2015-22:34

I would have accepted optical illusion due to longer minute markers and larger text, too ;) [nt]

By: KMII : October 5th, 2015-23:52

Don't give JLC some bad ideas... ;) [nt]

By: amanico : October 6th, 2015-00:06