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Change of pace today

Halfway through the week! No Odysseus today, Polaris chrono instead. Have a great rest of the week!
1Y
By: Dimardi
4
Dimardi
554

There was a close in time precedent...

Odysseus...
3Y
By: amanico
22
amanico
2895

Jaeger Lecoultre Odysseus.

Another very interesting watch which is 35 years old now ( 1987 ). This one is in platinum ( 36 mm case ), limited to 250 pieces. The special feature is that the perpetual calendar can be set through the crown, only. The first modern perpetual calendar fr
3Y
By: amanico
42
Ping.Timeout
6725

ABSOLUTELY!!! Just as Patek...

has Nautilus and Aquanaut, JLC could have 2 sport lines: one for those who like a gorgeous dial and clean lines, and one for those who like uniqueness and cutting-edge tech with crisp dials (the black w/white font or even the Singapore-like edition of blu
3Y
By: Koozy
11
watchme
2450

Oh totally, I might have just made up something completely unnecessary. But....

The perpetual movement was originally designed to be compact for the ultra slim so I wonder if it is up to a more sporting use case unmodified. For example when Lange launched the Odysseus the movement gained a full balance bridge. When MB&F launched the
3Y
By: amanico
77
amanico
23024

Aaah, the Odysseus! A very nice one I didn't see for years!

Here is the platinum one, And as an extra bonus, the brother, the Master Grand Reveil from the same era. Best, my friend. Nicolas
4Y
By: slungu
15
amanico
2426

No LE, it's a "simple" PC from the Odysseus series.

Base calibre is a 889 I think with a PC module 440 on top. This is the module that has been developed by IWC in the 80's as far as I know and has also been used by JLC. I actually don't know exactly the production period of these, but this was the series
4Y
By: slungu
15
amanico
2426

JLC Grand Reveil Perpetual/Alarm

I have always loved and wanted this watch in platinum. I purchased the original Geographique in platinum at about the same time(1989). Unfortunately, i could not afford it at the time, and by the time i could, it was sold out. The Odysseus is also very ni
6Y
By: amanico
23
amanico
4760