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Thank you both, for your comments!

 

What impresses me the most is that despite being all in the same MC series, each expresses a different forte impressively well. If it is MUT, then it was about elegance and finesse; if it is the triple calendar, then it is rearranging a classic proportion of 32mm into a 37mm--not a straightforward task when the movement, case and dial were all larger by a few scales. Yet nothing appeared lost, and people came to accept this classic watch in the new proportion. And if it is the alarm, how to integrate some of the high-end MR mechanics into a far more accessible alarm watch while providing a display crystal for admiring that feat at a 37mm size. These are serious considerations to details and horological expressions that have somehow been lost across time. 


There is nothing wrong about campaigns of certain celebrities wearing certain watches or on the other hand, spearheading of super-nice horological feats priced at princely sums for those who can afford them; what I don't see anymore is this attention to details of different fortes positioned at the same time with feasible accessibility. It was as if different expertise was working under the MC banner while making very different watches--yet all speaking with a design language that is consistent and crafted at a quality that is....well, legendary. 

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Delightful trio from the 'archives': Master Control Series

 
By: Cardio : November 30th, 2025-08:14
A recent post on the MUT made me search for my own and having found it tucked really deep away (!), I wore it for a week and it was like having an old friend in company. Today, I realized that I have not yet placed all my MC series together for a photosho...  

Different era indeed 👌🏻👍🏻

 
By: KMII : November 30th, 2025-08:21
Great watches, all three and it was a lovely line for sure. I simply wish there was more innovation of the non dial color type that still took place at this level 🤞🏻 You certainly have a lovely collection even if that does not take place 😊🙌🏻 ... 

Thank you both, for your comments!

 
By: Cardio : November 30th, 2025-08:39
What impresses me the most is that despite being all in the same MC series, each expresses a different forte impressively well. If it is MUT, then it was about elegance and finesse; if it is the triple calendar, then it is rearranging a classic proportion... 

Fully agree with you…

 
By: KMII : November 30th, 2025-08:44
The attention to detail in the watches lower down has somehow gotten less - or at least it feels this way. Which is unfortunate. Up to quite recently I felt JLC tried at least partially (the movement for the Geophysic line) and I hope under Jerome Lambert... 

Awesome trio.

 
By: Goh : November 30th, 2025-09:03
I love the Master Control series from that era, and owned a few over the years. The manual winding Master Memovox is superb. Is the Master Moon in platinum? Enjoy these beauties.

Thank you, Nicolas and Goh!

 
By: Cardio : November 30th, 2025-09:30
Yes the MM is Pt version. It is a tad thicker and heavier but other than these, superbly wearable.

Very nice trio.

 
By: quattro : November 30th, 2025-11:04
I especially like the Ultra Thin. Best, Emmanuel

Well said

 
By: blau : November 30th, 2025-12:02
I owned that triple calendar for a while--the regular steel version with silver dial. I kept thinking that there's another, non-insane-collector life, in which that was my only watch. I think that was my response to, as you say, its craft and integrity!