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Mountain out of mole hill

 

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 movement building technologies that no doubt is an improvement.  In thirty or forty years the Tribute will likely be a vintage watch in demand, though I may not live long enough to see that.


As for the new chrono, well IMO that's one of the nicest "sport" chronos that I have seen in new production, at least as far as I can tell from the images.  I especially like that it doesn't have a date function, and that it's not as large as so many of the new production watches, especially the chrono models.  In fact  I really like the way the Tribute DSA wears on my wrist and therefore I suspect that I will similarly like the new chrono.  Having expressed that, I confess that I would almost certainly prefer the slightly smaller size of the vintage DSA model.  Regardless what does it matter if the chrono didn't previously exist in an earlier form?  If I like it, I will buy it; if I don't like it I won't buy it.  Simple as that.


Since there are literally tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of watches-antique, vintage, and new or recent production-that one can buy, why make such a big deal out this particular piece?  Surely there are dozens of watches that we don't buy for various reasons: maybe we don't like a particular piece at all; or maybe we like it a little but not enough to buy it; or maybe we like it a lot but we like another piece even more.  I am confident that JLC didn't intend to insult you by producing a watch that doesn't meet the expectations of a collector such as yourself.


Cheers.

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Deep Sea 'False' Retro Chrono

 
By: RDL : January 13th, 2012-05:05
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... 

I agree

 
By: MervC : January 13th, 2012-05:25
Yes. JLC is trying to milk this 'vintage' theme as much as possible.

No problem, RDL. Your elaborated opinion counts.

 
By: amanico : January 13th, 2012-08:17
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... 

Yes

 
By: RDL : January 13th, 2012-13:11
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.

Mountain out of mole hill

 
By: LwC : January 13th, 2012-10:04
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... 

It is of course a matter of definition, but...

 
By: peregrino : January 13th, 2012-16:29
... 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... 

And we can even discuss the level of innovation on the Freak.

 
By: amanico : January 13th, 2012-23:03
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

Innovation

 
By: RDL : January 14th, 2012-00:13
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... 

There are some points on which I will come back, one of these days.

 
By: amanico : January 14th, 2012-00:38
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

 
By: RDL : January 15th, 2012-03:23
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... 

24 000 ( round ) 24 001 ( Square ) and 24 002 ( ovale )

 
By: amanico : January 15th, 2012-03:39
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.