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Jaeger-LeCoultre

My new, white metal...

 

...Jaeger LeCoultre IWC.  WIth JLC movement ;-)

I think I'm badly bending the rules posting this here, but in seriousness I have some questions for you guys.

I believe my A LeCoultre 8 day perpetual has a Kurt Klaus / IWC movement in it (?)

Whereas this (gorgeous!) IWC Mark XII Asian Market has a JLC Cal. 889/2 (?)

Could anyone explain the cross-polination going on here?

About this item:  I have been searching for this watch for years!  It is a perfect piece.  So happy to have found one.  No box / No paper / but No regrets!  The historical echoes are obvious.  It is platinum and although the watch is not large, the weight and heft is substantial.  It generates its own graviational field! 

Sorry for the awful 'in action' photo.  Will do better later on, with some photos of the back.  Lucky numbers are a cinch with these of course, but I got a great symetrical number.

 




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Can't help you myself

 
By: grigo : November 29th, 2010-22:04
but am looking forward to other members responses on this question. Lovely watch by the way, I sure that you had lots of fun hunting for it. Best regards, George

Thanks George

 
By: maikeru : November 29th, 2010-22:12

Yes, JLC uses the Kurt Klaus perpetual calendar module...

 
By: watchme : November 30th, 2010-06:11
in a couple of watches each year, though modified. Over the years we've seen it in the Grande Reveil (1988), the Odysseus Perpetual (1992-95), the Master Perpetual (1995-2001), the Master Grande Memovox - the Grand Reveil's replacement (2001-2004), the Ma... 

Thanks a lot for these explanations, Dean.

 
By: amanico : November 30th, 2010-09:54

Wait--the Inge movement was built by JLC?

 
By: expwmbat : November 30th, 2010-11:25

80110 from JLC?

 
By: tee530 : November 30th, 2010-12:01
Hi Dean, I'd love to hear more too. It's been a while since I followed the story of IWC's 80110 movement, but I seem to recall it was an inhouse development project, and not built by JLC from cal 875 (Autotractor). I also thought that the winding systems ... 

That's what I remember too, Tom

 
By: expwmbat : November 30th, 2010-12:24
This is the first I've heard of a JLC connection. And aren't the layouts of the two movements, JLC 97X and IWC 80110, quite distinct, along with their winding systems, etc.? Are the sizes similar? DJK

cal 975, right...

 
By: tee530 : November 30th, 2010-12:44

Excellent and thorough Dean, thanks so much [nt]

 
By: maikeru : November 30th, 2010-15:10

That's a beauty!

 
By: Dr Bill : November 30th, 2010-06:56