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With all the LEs...

 

With all the LEs, I think the ones that I cant stand are AP LEs ROOs. Dont get me wrong, I am an AP owner but I simply cannot tolerate the variety of coloured dial ROOs marketed as LE. I would rather the company spend more of their time & money coming up with innovative horological advances rather than setting the trend of different coloured LE ROOs, which I think is rather niave in a company like AP. The two extremes of AP as a company that produces such quality of work and contribution in horology, are also the ones coming out with the, well, funny-coloured LE ROOs. Perhaps it is just my bad tastes for ROOs in general.... but with a company like AP, I would certainly expect a lot more. In my personal view, they are more like different coloured toys rather than horological art pieces (i.e Jules Audemars Jumping Hour Minute Repeater, Millenary Starwheel, etc) I can appreciate.

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Two first class Portuguese!

 
By: CTCT : October 21st, 2008-02:40
The limited edition Portuguese perpetual calendar Luis Figo I don’t now if there are many Purists that are keen on soccer, but I thought you would like to get to know this new IWC limited edition just released in Portugal. A special watch for a special so...  

love IWC- but this LE is a little silly..

 
By: andrewG : October 21st, 2008-03:01
....as are all LEs that do not do something new to a watch. Dial / strap / colour changes do not make a LE. Material, movement, rarity due to circumstance etc do.

Luis Figo is a nice guy, the PC Port is a wonderful watch, BUT

 
By: amanico : October 21st, 2008-04:37
I don't get this taste from IWC for LE, and I really regret the Luis figo Signature on the dial. A Pity because this is indeed a verey nice watch, and sometimes, the LE Trend tends to kill a piece. After the Zidane Ingenieur, the Figo Portuguese... A bit ... 

JLC has some good examples...

 
By: CTCT : October 21st, 2008-05:12
...like the Reverso Cargaleiro, one a whole series of LE Reversos dedicated to eminent portuguese painters. Here a small pictures...  

I will be honest in my answer, Carlos

 
By: amanico : October 21st, 2008-05:19
This Reverso is not disurbing me at all, as it is nice to have a watch and a picture at the same time. I can understand it. But, and this works also for JLC, there are some LE among the JLC watches that I don't understand, either... An example? OK for the... 

sick of all the LEs

 
By: raphmeister : October 21st, 2008-07:05
Too many LEs out there... its overdose... one for this soccer player or that other sports personality... another for a movie and yet another for a movie star... then come the boutiques and retailers all clamoring to have their own... and the whole marketi... 

I have to confess...

 
By: CTCT : October 21st, 2008-07:18
With the JLC post I was trying to see how you would react to an example from this brand (sorry for the Freudian approach ;-). I can not disagree with the critic that has been made, and I was trying to understand what reasons lie behind this kind of LE att... 

It's sad ...

 
By: Sven : October 21st, 2008-13:36
... that IWC has walked this path of LEs. The persons they combine with their watches are far apart from high-end horology. Imagine a soccer-football called Klaus or Breguet! It started with the strange choice of St Exupery and one wonders who and what wi... 

Food for thought!

 
By: CTCT : October 22nd, 2008-01:52
I have to say that I am more than surprised but the majority of strong opinions expressed here that do not approve this kind of watches by, IWC, and if I am correct by any other prestigious watch making brand. I think some questions and thoughts should be... 

You are not wrong....

 
By: sclamb : October 22nd, 2008-04:43
Many manufacturers make special LEs, and some do have a tie in to sports personalities, such as the JLC '46' watches in honour of Valentino Rossi and the AP Shaquille O'Neal. As Nicolas stated, JLC have released some watches very close to each other that ... 

With all the LEs...

 
By: Quarks : October 22nd, 2008-10:03
With all the LEs, I think the ones that I cant stand are AP LEs ROOs. Dont get me wrong, I am an AP owner but I simply cannot tolerate the variety of coloured dial ROOs marketed as LE. I would rather the company spend more of their time & money coming up ... 

Great LE discussion...

 
By: Starman : October 22nd, 2008-11:24
I'm always wondering how quick these LE do sell. A lot of issues probably don't ever make the complete series; but we will never now. To keep the ship sailing every form of business has to do its marketing tricks. Isn't that called "branding". Nowadays th... 

nobody mentioned yet...

 
By: kkhazen : October 24th, 2008-10:07
... talking about tricks, that they chose figo for their portuguese model To summarize, we seem to all agree more or less that no watch lover likes to see nice brands take that road. Unfortunatly, the road that was paved by brands like AP with the offshor...