Jaeger-LeCoultre

As I am planing to buy a Squadra WT, but have read that the case is quiet large I would ask for side to side comparison pics with other watches.
So if one of the owners of a Squadra WT could just take some pics I would really appreciate this.

Thank you very much for your help.
Chris

As the worldtile squadra is indeed a rare bird.
But maybe I have the solution, and I will come back to you soon.
This is a difficult watch.
I mean that when you see it in the flesh, you're truely thinking " not for me " " too big "...
But when you put it on your wrist...You're deeply amazed.

I don't think a pic will help you to make your mind, but I'll try to provide one for you.

Best.
Nicolas

Thank you for your fast answer.

You know the biggest watch I ever had on my wrist was an AP Royal Oak Offshore with leather strap, which worked quite good from the look, also the Panarai Chrono with 44 mm was no problem when I tried it in the shop.
So I wonder if the Squadra WT is much more massive then the ROO, as I also tried the ROO with metal strap and this was really to massiv from my opinion...

Is not as big as a ROO AP.
And I tink, after trying it, more easily wearable.
Best.
Nicolas

No photo but tried one around 10 days back at the JLC boutique in Bangkok. Its a pretty big watch in the sense that it is quite thick and as the reverso carriage is flat it feels like a brilliantly made brick on the wrist. A lot of people (including me) feel that the 12mm thickness of the Reverso Grande Date is too much due to the flat carriage so 16-17mm of the Squadra World Chronograph is a bit over the top. Anyways, it was a very nice watch apart from the size issue. The titanium case, the world time and chronogrph complications, the rubber/metal bracelet all feel top notch. I would have probably bought it if it would have been in the regular squadra size.

Best Regards  

What do you think about the new approach integrating the 30 minutes timetable (for India,...) ? like new Kalpa Hémisphères de Pamigiani Fleurier?

The future for WT watches??

Regards,

Patrickh

I am of course biased as I live in India which is stuck 1/2 hour between Bangladesh and Pakistan. As such i would like all world time watches to have an 1/2 hour increment rather than a full hour increment. I guess people in places 15 or 45 minutes time difference would want a watch which can cope with their respective time zones.

Incidentally the Kalpa Hemisphere can keep time difference in any multiple of  sungle minutes so 15, 30 and 45 minute difference is no problem. Also the kalpa Hemisphere was launched in India as early as Novermber 2007.

 

Best Regards 

I ordered a WT and when it came into the dealer a few months ago I tried it on and changed my mind. I like big watches (EWC, 47mm Panerai) but the WT was too high off my wrist. At nearly 17mm it looked like I had a small brick strapped to my wrist :-0

The WT is definitely a great watch in terms of what if does, but IMHO it is not really practical to wear. It would definitely be subject to a few accidental knocks.

Simon

Now had the chance to try one at mz local JLC boutique... Unfortunetly I had the same impression... It is a beautiful watch but for a normal wrist it is by no means an everydays watch you could wear at work, its just to high. So I have to look for sth. different, that's really a pitty as i found the squadra WT wn extremly nice done piece.

 

Chris