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-Dean

I own the Grande GMT and I had oil appear on my dial at one point (after 9 years). I sent it to the factory and they cleaned it up. But if you like the accents, enjoy! -Dean

-Dean

Let's see if JL will bring back some of JLC's "greatest hits" like the AmVox 2 complication and the Compressor series (re-worked, of course, -Dean

the Swiss patent came later, if I recall. Still, a watch that today stands without peers. No competition from anyone. -Dean

with the cities on top. When the cities were placed on the bottom and the movement went into the Master Control case line, it was "watch of the year" for 1996. -Dean

which was generation 2 of the Geographic (which was "Watch of the Year" in 1996 with silver dial) was actually 37.5mm. -Dean

Have considered a couple of pieces from them. -Dean

from Mannesmann in Germany to Vendome (Richemont). The price was 3.02 billion (!) Swiss Francs. Fortune magazine in November 2001 said, "To sweeten the deal, Mannesmann 'threw in' A Lange & Sohne and IWC." Vendome wanted JLC's movement making abilities in order to get off Swatch Group and they c

FYI: in your picture, your top, alarm-setting crown is out, even though the Compressor wingnut is closed. I have felt for years that JLC had a singularly-identifiable sport watch that nobody else had anything like. Please Jerome, pretty please...... -Dean