Jaeger-LeCoultre

The three watches you mention are very different in function and style.

 

Maybe if you give us some more info on what you would like to get out of a watch we might be able to point in some directions…

 

The Master Compressor Chronograph 2 is a more traditional chronograph while the the AMVOX II has the very unique crystal pushers.

 

The only one of these three you mention that I personally have any experience of is the NS Alarm – a great watch!

 

If it’s a big, tough and sporty diver’s watch you are after you can’t go wrong with this one!

The alarm function is a very usable complication, IMO.

 

 

I think first you have to decide what kind of watch you are looking before anybody can give you any good advice.

 

 

Best

 

Blomman

Not easy to answer your question, Cousie.

These 3 watches are so different!

If you want to go on a more classical watch, the MC Chrono 2 is for you.

Sporty, yet classic in its function.

If you want to go for the original, so the Amvox II is for you, as it is an unique watch in the current production.

If you prefer a friendly complication for en every day use, even in the water, so the NSA is the one.

Honestly, I would hesitate a lot between the NSA and the Amvox II, and can't decide which one I woild get, as I own both of them, and love them a lot!

Best,

Nicolas.

since these are VERY different pieces.

My personal favorite, by far, is the NS Alarm. I love the ceramic, bead-blasted bezel, the 300-meter water test and the alarm - which sounds superior emanating from a titanium case. Oh, and the articulated rubber is AWESOME. Plus, you get the JLC adjustable clasp.

So, decide the functional use you want (dress, casual, sport, etc.), and then draw columns with + or - to decide.

-Dean

I have the original JLC MCDC and I have the AMVOX II DBS. For everyday use I would chose the diver but, if it is just going to be in your rotation of other watches I would go with the AMVOX. I don't wear my DBS as much as I should because I like having it in pristine condition. I wear my diver everyday and it shows but, I feel that scratches on a diver add to the character (and I usually obsess over scratches on my watches. But, for some weird reason I think they kind of look good on my MCDC). I don't think that is the case with the DBS, I love the watch and I try to protect it as much as I can. It feels more refined that the diver.

As I said over on TZ, it would help if we knew what your current collection looked like and which complication would be of more use to you, i.e. a chronograph, or an alarm.  As someone who owns both an NSA and an MCDC (which houses the same movement as the MCC), I can say that they're both exceptional watches, though I'd probably have to give the nod to the NSA for its superb implementation of of the alarm.  As watchme noted earlier in the thread, the design of the case, coupled with the hanging gong design gives the NSA a wonderfully melodious and loud alarm.  With respect to the Amvox, I'll defer to those with direct experience with that particular watch.  I will say, however, that it is one that I would love to own someday.

Anyway, you can't go wrong with any of the JLCs that you're attempting to choose between as they're all winners in my book.

Regards,
Adam

PS - Oh, and FWIW, I find that I have more use for an alarm complication in my day-to-day life than I do a chronograph.  Just throwing that out there.

I have currently a Rolex deepsea, New 18K yellow gold submariner, Breitling Navitimer World, Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore (Panda) and a Tag Heuer Link.

Tried all of the above watches again and they all have there pros and cons...

Although I'm more leaning towards the Navy Seals Alarm and the new Chrono II... the one very sporty, the other for more formal times (the problem is that I never wear suits or black tie, but then again I already have so many sporty watches pfffff difficult to choose (and I cant afford to buy both...)

...there are a few of us, at least, who have had trouble deciding among the JLC sports watches.  I, too, went through a similar "this or that" dilemma when choosing among a JLC alarm, the Extreme World Chrono, a JLC diver and an AMVOX2.  What I ended up with is inconsequential, but suffiice it to say I had to get and OWN each of these to figure this out for myself.  I wish you a speedier and more efficient decision process than mine.  LOL.

 As all have already advised you need to figure out which functions (alarm, chrono, diving capability) is most interesting and useful to you; but more importantly try each one on let yourself hear which one sings to you the loudest.  Which one keeps you up at night? 

That said, if it were me choosing among the three you are considering -- I would go for the AMVOX2.  It is original, unique among chronographs, looks awesome -- well, it is simply more interesting to me than the other two.  But you can't go wrong with any of them.  It is a very hard choice you have set for yourself, but an enjoyable one.

Good luck,

respo