in house movement question
please excuse my ignorance, but does JLC make their own movement? i am debating between JLC master compressor dualmatic, UN marine diver and blancpain 50 fathoms. what is the benefit of watchmakers making their own movement? do all of the above companies ...
tough questions
Hello Ason, JLC does make their own movements. In fact, they've long been one of the premier makers of fine watch movements in Switzerland, for many decades supplying movements to Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin, arguably the most ...
In house is often seen as a must, but is it?
Hi Ason, Your question is not an easy one. Please let me say first that I agree with what John wrote. Yes JLC uses only movements they manufacture themselves. Is there a benefit with that? Generally yes. Is it always better? No I don't think so. Why? A GP...
Speaking of in-house movements.
Since we're on the subject of manufacturers, what do you guys think of Glashutte? I love JLC but some Glashutte watches have really caught my eye lately.
beg to differ in part
Hi Dje, I was right there with you up until the, "with a finish close to current PP, or as good as current PP," part. I like the auto-tractor movement quite a bit, but it shows evidence of a kind of economical, industrial production style that is not in P...
Yes all movements are hand assembled at JLC
Hi, They are also all hand finished, with the use of traditional machines (some of them quite old) of course for some operations like polishing. And AFAIK (and for what I've seen) all finishing machines are hand operated. In fact there is much more hand w...
Yes you're right....
Hi John, I confess and plead guilty I've been too optimistic about that aspect. Having a look at your excellent review of PP 3919 here: www.tp178.com And at the no less excellent reivew of cal 975 by Suitbert here: www.thepurists.net You made a point. Loo...
more tough questions
Hi Dje, The PP 215 is more properly compared to the JLC 822 or even 849, as manual wind calibers generally have finer finishing than automatics (or at least less/fewer industrially finished components). We'd have to compare the JLC 889 to the PP 315, 330 ...
Great answer John.....
Hi John, Thanks for your frank answer. I'm quite happy of the details (spending most of my days with a 822 derivative, a 836). What surprises me is that I honestly don't think it would be too much complicated and expensive to JLC to get this small step do...