Jaeger Lecoultre Odysseus Chrono, moonphase and date with a special feature...
Here is the picture: ( Credit picture: Aguttes ) It features an Odysseus, meca quartz movement, chronograph, date and moonphase. Ok, you will tell me what's special? The material used for the case, my friends! It is...Tantalum. Yes, you read well, tantalu...
I've been hunting this watch for years.
I almost spilled my coffee when I saw this image atop the forum. This Odysseus (500 pieces, I believe) mecaquartz in tantalum/18k RG is a minor grail watch of mine. Even google searches struggle to yield more than a thumbnail image if you're lucky. Pricin...
A world of contradictions, indeed. The tantalum / gold case, the movement as you wrote...
And a watch which is well in its era... A Duometre in tantalum would be great, and I would be mad about that, but I would love to see a more affordable version, in a MUT case, just to make the challenge a bit tougher. Best, Tim. Nicolas
A very special piece within a classic line....
The lady's version was "the world's smallest chronograph with moonphase" (reference 165.770.303). I was unaware of the material being used as it predates my fascination with JLC. Thanks for sharing. -Dean
Titanium and steel variations
The JLC movement powered IWC by Porsche Design (or vice versa) in a titanium case with gold trimmings and a shiny steel moon-free chrono At one time I was on a quest to get one of each mecha-quartz variant, until I discovered how many there were :-( Cazal...
Tantalum is a very "cool" material for a case...
Would love to see more brands using that! Thank you for the history lesson, didn't know this. Best Blomman
I wouldn't like to see it become common.
The fact that it is hard to shape is a good guaranteed to see it relatively rarely used, by the way. But a new one would be fantastic. And not too expensive, to allow the fans to get it! Best, Nicolas
Perhaps an Ultra-Thin Perpetual with manual winding
The combination of an elegant case form with a massive metal and a fairly compact major complication would be appealing. With manual winding, sub-10mm should be very feasible. A tantalum case would look wonderful with a blue enamel dial and aventurine moo...
Yes, that would be exciting!
Or a Geophysic WT + Alarm... Sadly, I don't see JLC going for manual winding movements, in a near future. Best, Nicolas
Ah, found the old thread!
As per my previous post, I knew there was a catalog image of this watch on an old thread in this forum... found it! The watch looks quite striking: www.watchprosite.com Best, Tim