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practical serious suggestion for purist JLC watch...
With Nicolas' help, mayhaps we can convince JLC to produce a purist edition watch like this... I would be the first to commit to buying one, and would love to see them numbered as well. Since it is my idea, maybe I could reserve number 1 of X, if X watches are produced.
My idea:
I know that for manufacturers to seriously consider a venture, it should use parts which have already been tooled, to save cost. Hence, I propose
a 38.5mm case steel watch using the identical case used for the steel Tribute To Geophysic 1958 2014 watch, INCLUDING the TTG antimagnetic innards/Faraday cage for an antimagnetic watch. Solid steel caseback with numbered edition on caseback.
PLUS a modern true no date version of the new 899AC movement with 70 hour power reserve (no ghost crown position), BUT adjusted to a tighter chronometer grade -1 to +4 regulation (similar to what was done with the TTG1958 898/1 movement). With hacking seconds, of course.
AND with black dial a la black dial memovox pictured below, using applied arabics at 3-6-9-12 poles and thin arrowhead shaped indices at other hour markers, with (or without?) (neutral) lume dots at periphery also as on the memovox specimen
PLUS either dauphine OR sword hands (hands and arabic/indices hour markers all applied metal -- are they usually rhodium, not steel?) If the hands have lume, also neutral color to match lume dots
AND ONLY JL logo and scripted Jaeger-LeCoultre signature below the arabic 12. NO other text at all. No other colors/no extraneous distractions, superfluous decorations/etc)
Shipped with a classy black alligator strap.
We would end up with a completely timeless, classic and classy black dialed antimagnetic no date proper sized watch which could be my and yours journeyman last modern watch... I imagine JLC could produce this watch and sell it to us for $6000 per piece, a not unreasonable sum and good value imho.
I am not a photoshopper to create a rendition, but this would easily be done by someone else.
Again, this is using components that already exist in JLC's factory, just combining them in a different and special way. Attached are pictures of preexisting watches from which you can imagine my creation.
I envision say a run of 50 pieces. If we could get 50 solid commitments up front, and have Nicolas present the idea with the monies in hand, I think we could convince JLC to produce it.
Who is on board?
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practical serious suggestion for purist JLC watch...
With Nicolas' help, mayhaps we can convince JLC to produce a purist edition watch like this... I would be the first to commit to buying one, and would love to see them numbered as well. Since it is my idea, maybe I could reserve number 1 of X, if X watche...
Perhaps Geophysic would be too ambitious..
.. but maybe a "simple" dial reverso with small seconds at six and a most simple and subtle crosshairs around the seconds hands, without individual second markings, as a small "tribute"to Geophysic, might work.
the price is not settled, and the case can be remade. it is not a geophysic, there are no intersecting lines. must any antimagnetic watch be a "geophysic" (there never was a black dial geophysic anyway)
the point is can we convince JLC to make us our own antimagnetic black dial watch with components that are all available at the factory, be it 10 or 25 or X number, if we have committed funds. and as a TTG1958 owner, I would not be bothered one bit. Manuf...
Dear Nicolas,
It is true we have no idea how many spare/extra 38.5mm steel case/case components are leftover in a storage drawer at the Manufacturer from the steel TTG 2014 project which are necessary to make the antimagnetic case properties. However, the Manufacturer ...
Be sure that I tried, before, for a special Reverso, specially made for us. Two years ago, to be precise. The answer was negative. Now, I can come back to them and ask them a special watch for us.
That will be with great pleasure. A Special Geophysic, that would be great, but they rather have the Polaris program in the tube, rather than the Geophysic, alas. I will see. What was funny with your post is that I played the game several times, choosing ...
Sounds good. I believe we need to establish a minimum firm number (25? 30? more?) of solid commitments which we can include at your initial presentation, because we want our initial encounter
to be as favorable and convincing as possible -- as it is said, there is no second chance for a first impression. Plus, are there lessons learned from you prior failed attempts that we can use in our favor? We need to be sure we have a real cadre of conse...
Richemont, who owns JLC, also owns IWC and Vacheron amongst other high-end brands.
I mention these two specifically because both IWC and Vacheron have made limited/special edition watches with Hodinkee, both of which of course did very well. We should use this argument in our proposal: there is no rational reason why Richemont subsidiar...
interesting idea... there have been at least several city/country jlc boutique reverso limited editions such as...
London boutique green dial reverso (26 pieces) Thai edition yellow dial (39 pieces) Does anyone know if these were made at the request of the boutiques, or JLC headquarters decided to produce them and then made the announcement to the lucky boutique? Has ...
I do think $6k is far too low for the ask.
While I like the idea and like paying less for great things, I suspect Jaeger-LeCoultre would need to see a lot more margin per on such a small run. Like $10k or even $20. The Geophysic was almost $10k. They made 800 in steel. I'll grant you in this scena...
Would be great, but I also think the piece would be in the $12-$14K range minimum.
I’m sure JLC could make the TT Geo case again, but the number of the edition would heavily impact cost. Perhaps increase case size (all other proportions maintained) to 39 mm to account for the perceptually smaller black dial. I would skip dauphine and le...
"hand would movement would be best"
Though I absolutely agree, I suspect that won't be an option unfortunately.
Disable the true second automatic rotor?
JLC can do it. Price is always an issue, of course.
interesting idea
It will be my number three request fo JLC after Duometre Rattrapante Purist Edition, and JLC Tribute to Deep Sea Purist Rouge
How about a 1931 Reverso Tribute for WatchProSite readers too Nico?
Casa Fagliano strap, a thin Reverso case, and who knows... some special dial or special hands. Or it comes with 2 dials and 2 sets of hands (so our users can eventually swap), and maybe two straps. We'd choose one vintage dial/hand set and one modern dial...
I hope we have enough WPS members who are in the mood for a square watch!
While the Reverso is not unpopular on WPS, it's still in the shadow of the round watches here! Admittedly, I wear my Master Ultra Thin more often than my Reverso, but that's only because my Reverso is in need of a new strap!