A Strong Offering

I was struck by the beauty and strength of this model when I saw Nicolas' preview images, and I'm pleased to say the impression was reinforced when I had the opportunity to wear the watch. Philippe Bonay visited the Miami boutique about a month ago with a traveling collection of SIHH novelties, and our hosts were gracious enough to allow many "hands-on" trials with the new models.

Even alongside the new Extreme Lab 2, Spherotourbillon, and Reverso tribute, the black dial Master held its own and remained impressive. Given the real (as opposed to cultivated/marketed) modern importance of the Master Control 1000H to JLC's heritage and identity, I feel as though the new Master Control is a more important and more appealing watch than all of the tribute models.

The steel/black MC is a very contemporary and forward-looking timepiece: a future classic, not a nostalgia play. Hopefully, its emergence indicates that the manufacture is ready to move onward and rediscover its appetite for experimentation and risk that defined it from the mid-90's to the late 2000s. Coincidentally, those were the years that we were fortunate enough to see a flourishing of black and blue-dialed watches from Le Sentier...

Best,
Tim

Stunning black pearl

By: FanFrancisco : June 28th, 2015-03:22

JLC has not made regular black dial for their watches for quite some time, if I recall correctly, the last one was the first model of the Grande Reverso Tribute To 1931 with black dial few years back which I have one. this year, if you may be aware, one o...

Stefan this model is very nice

By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : June 28th, 2015-04:02

Thanks for sharing these shots here with us Cheers Robin

Robin, really the black dial is real shiok!

By: FanFrancisco : July 8th, 2015-10:30

I especially like it

By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : July 9th, 2015-07:03

Because the date aperture is also in black and that matches the dial color The details! Cheers Robin

I know your taste well.... this is the best combination you like!

By: FanFrancisco : July 9th, 2015-07:43

One of the good watches from this year collection, I agree.

By: amanico : June 28th, 2015-12:05

This Black Dial changes the perception you can have on the Master Control a lot. Best, Nicolas

yes this black dial added extra tasty feel to this MC!

By: FanFrancisco : July 8th, 2015-10:31

I a eager to see this one myself

By: respo : June 28th, 2015-13:34

The black dial offers a nice variation on the Master Control automatic date. However "simple" it may be, this is one of JLC's best models, IMHO, and the black dial makes it even nicer. There is a lot of value in this watch, I feel. Thanks for sharing thes...

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