Velociphile - No longer in the building
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Reflections on 2+ years of the Compressor Memovox:
John11f posted unreplied to recently:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=234648&messageid=1103522938
but it set me thinking again about the MC series.
There has indeed been a lot of controversy over the series from a styling perspective particularly and in functional terms somewhat - and I won?t dwell on those. However, whether one likes them or not they have been undoubted sales successes. My personal views on the lack of a modern day Polaris (or even a true modern JLC diving watch) are well documented (!) and I remain convinced that producing one of those would be a sales hit. 
However, I have to own up to the fact that some of the elements of the Compressor series do appeal to me now more than they did when they first surfaced. I haven?t suddenly become a born again Magalite, but that kind of delayed effect is usually a good sign of new groundbreaking design. Whether the MCs fall into classic status in retrospect, we?ll only be able to know in a few years time. However, I have to say that when I ?blind test? my nonWIS colleagues and friends by showing them the set of Compressor series watches with Polaris mixed up in amongst them, they usually pick it as their favourite along with comments like ?handsome, balanced, understated and elegant?. Maybe I just live and work amid a certain demographic that has similar tastes to mine.
By creating the MC series, JLC certainly has tapped a market that probably otherwise would not have bought one (a JLC) and maybe by definition has limited appeal to people attracted by the style of existing ranges. It would be interesting to know how many JLC owners have a, shall we say, ?traditional piece? by which I mean Master series or reverso (say pre 2003) AND a MC piece.
Velociphile
