Jaeger-LeCoultre

I am sure at least some of you good people must miss the slim cases, elegant dauphine hands, classic domed crystals and dials of just about a decade or less ago. I used to think of those JLCs as some of the most elegant and classy Swiss watches. All I see... 

it is difficult to reconcile your observations with the extent of JLC's offerings in this year alone. Of all the brands who exhibited at Basel/SIHH, JLC perhaps more than any other gave us a large range of offerings that could only be described as elegant... 

I respectfully disagree with you, as I don't have the same vision, here. Till in a recent past, ( a bit after 2000 ), JLC made the Reverso Art Deco, which is, hence, not a Vintage Watch: You will say that even if recent, this is past.?.. Not really, as yo...  

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but of all houses on market now I can say with great confidence that they are holding the "classic ground" most of all OK from the top of my head one more house and that is Blancpain IMHO Best

Blancpain? What do you mean, Padre? Best. Nicolas

when I look at the watch at first glance their pieces look to me most classic in that vintage sense of course not speaking here of murky Blancpain history since 1735 Ok one more Breguet So on the begining of thread JLC, Blancpain & Breguet for me are thos... 

I will admit that I'm a fairly new soul to the world of high end watches that have lots of history. I was always admired to it via my father. He always wore his classic Omegas, Rolexes, etc... But when I was ready to enter this amazing historic world, I w... 

You found YOUR watch, and that you're very happy with it, my friend. I think there is enough place for every taste, here, old, new, young... To each his own, that's the most beautiful thing in this world, isn't it? I can love both, vintage, modern, thick,... 

Well said again my friend, Best, Matrix....  

and this chrono/diver with the monumental pushers and locks is just the kind of watch I cannot associate with JLC. In fact, you could remove the name of the watch from the dial, and substitue Seiko or Citizen or any number of European watch makers and no ... 

He just said that he was new in the horology world and that he's happy with his watch... As some are with the EWC, the Memovox Compressor, and some others... That's a reality, and even in the history of JLC, you had a stunning diversity of watches, from t... 

my point was not to dismiss the particular watch but to simply use it as an example of how different it is in appearance from what, at least in the mind of some of us, is the "traditional look" of a JLC. But as you pointed out, there have always been watc... 

... what most of we real JLC fans don't understand is how you now find it acceptable to have the crown at 3:00 and not at 12:00; you go for tiny cases (under 60mm), don't have a decent cover over the dials (not even half hunter cases) and then you go for ... 

passing fad, a mere fashion statement that the modern man has invented to make things too complicated. Nah, these trinkets that you constantly take out of your pockets, flip open, flip close god only knows how many times a day are a sure sign of the age o...  

.... and in the spirit of Purist diplomacy, the following piece is tendered as an honourable compromise: [photo credit: j-walkblogdotcom] Cheers, pplater....  

And for me at first I was not very keen on the "Compressor" line when it first appeared and never imagined I would own one. But when it came time to buy something in memory of my mother, that is exactly what I did. Of course I still like the traditional s...