Jaeger-LeCoultre

Dear Nicolas, thank you for the great report! I must agree though with the minority voices in the forum that I think JLC has the 'neo-retro/retro-neo' hype too far. Although, from a business perspective they are probably doing the right thing as a company... 

Yes. JLC is trying to milk this 'vintage' theme as much as possible.

And I respect it as well, even if I don't see what is an innovative part in MBF watches ( I respect them a lot, by the way, and the Legacy is a real cool watch I like, as well, even if it won't speak to your heart, as it is also playing on a vintage chord... 

Thank you Nicolas for your considered and insightful response! Yes, how we define innovation is clearly subjective as well. I think we say the same about LE - I meant to say a Non LE is a good thing but should be normal and not the exception.

Why make such a big deal out of this? I for one really like my Tribute DSA and in fact prefer it to the vintage because 1. it is easier to find one in good condition and(or was-in the event that the LE has sold out) 2. it benefits from the advances in mov... 

... I think that the only watch that is not a "neo-retro", "retro-neo", "homage", "tribute" or whatever you want to call it, is the quartz watch... ;-) all mechanical wrist watches are descendants of something from the past... and not so new when it all c... 

For instance, the lack of crown on the Freak has already be seen in the Thirties on Harwood watches. But to me, the Freak is the mother of all concept watches. Best, Nicolas. This message has been edited by amanico on 2012-01-13 23:03:54

Agree to all these points; Freak is a first concept watch, but still a "two dimensional" round wristwatch. Maybe one could then say that the likes of Opus, urwerk and MBF then broke paradigms and went from two dimensional to three dimensional "time sculpt... 

But I wanted to answer / say two things: 1/ The Cal 906. I must admit that I discovered it in the lfesh very recently ( one year ago ) . Not the most beautiful, by far, but not uninteresting at all. I prepared something on that calibre. 2/ you own a Deep ... 

Looking forward to your 906 post!! Well needed and will be an eye opener. A great and significant movement, and an under-appreciated watch. Actually, in metal on wrist quite atrractive, at least in the 24002-42 (or so if i get from memory numbers right) M... 

Agreed on the fact that they are truly under rated, and much better in the lfesh than on pictures. I will look at your pictures. Best, Nicolas.