Jaeger-LeCoultre

ChristianDK
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thank you Nicolas....

(I dont know what happended but somehow my post got lost while writing, but Ill try again since I have some time)

First I would like to say thank you  for the huge effort you put in to keeping this forum interesting and educational. You spoil us with great posts and reviews giving us insight to to the history and capabilities of JLC.  I, for one, appreciate and enjoy it.

The A. LeCoultre is a gorgous watch. And I guess JLCs pursuit in making a serious classical perpetual calendar watch the JLC way. It looks and feels JLC IMO, both in the good way. and a little of the bad.  I agree with you that  the dial side is quite succesfull. .  Some here compare it to Moser, but its not a good comparison. While some like very simple dials others prefer this style. It  is matter of taste choosing an other category, but I say this one, for a complicated dial with lots of indexes, it is simply damn good looking.

The proportions of the case feels good but slightly to the fat side for me. The sunburst stribes of the movement  is a very nice way to finish the almost closed plates. However when I saw it in the metal I could not help thinking that the finish was not quite precise enough in the execution. We have touched this topic and I know JLC is trying to improve on this matter. Your other (small) critique points I very much agree on. It seems JLC are very succesful with this watch, but maybe the last little bit is missing.

If one likes the concept of a manual wind Perpetual calender is a matter of taste though. I for one, would forget to wind it, even with the PR of 8 days, luckily  not everyone is as silly as me    ( I know you can get winder contraptions for manual winds, but it shure looks a bit too complicated. well I never tried it)

The skeletonzed PC I havent experienced yet. But the pics. leve me BREATLESS. really. it seems pure, classical and modern at the same time. The way they use the globe motief as the "main plate" is just cool. It looks very complete - but I have yet to see it.

The grande reveil, I dont click with. I like both complications ( I love memovox) and the idea with vibrator is VERY cool. The idea of combining these two complications makes sense too BUT: The watch feels and wears way to thick IMO - not very elegant. And the dial! I think needs a review from the design department. Even though they chose a strict lay-out it could do with a simplification. The design seems to be an unsuccesfull blend of a classical dress watch and a tool/sports watch. Maybe its due to the red colurs and the white painted alarm hand that gives me the image that they tried to "blend in a bit of toolwatch". My overall image is that its a great concept that never "ripened" well.

The MC black dial is a darling of mine. It has a timeless quality to it. Elegant and thin on the wrist. Classical.... Its very Stealth. And  it has a nice automatic cal 889 (also used by Vacheron Constantin to my memory) I have the Master Moon annual version of this watch. I sometimes consider changing it to the Perpetual. lets see what happens.

Favorites?  for me it may  stand between the Skeletal and the black dial MC, but I have yet to see the Skeletal

all the best

COD