It is true, we do often mistake the importance of finishing (functional) with the unnecessary extravagance of decoration (not mechanically necessary) when evaluating a movement; and JLC's movements are the perfect example here.
All of JLC's movements seem finished to a highly functional state (mostly by machine, I presume); but given the spectrum of price points, not all movements are decorated to the same degree. And some movements do not appear to be decorated much at all, perhaps except for the fundamental decorations of perlage and Cotes de Geneve, etc. In other words: no anglage.
There can be admiration of a merely well-finished movement even if it is not breathtaking like a well-decorated movement.
It's important to evaluate what a Maison has accomplished in the finishing and decorations departments relative to the price, and I think JLC does very well in this regard at virtually all of its price points (though I may have a critique here and there on some pieces).
Cheers,
John