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the current reverso grande center seconds sums up current JLC for me
Apr 04, 2019,10:24 AM
I very recently was in the market for a watch and was interested in the JLC reverso grande center seconds. I found that while its pretty much the same exact size of the 976, it has the same movement as the medium. Its not a fitted movement, it's not a sports movement, and from as far as I can see is not anywhere close to as good as a movement as the 976. Selling a new watch with what seems to me as a worse movement than the previous watch is bad.
As far as the new polaris line goes you can't take the Polaris memovox diving. Its a fake dive watch. I don't get it.
While I'm amazed at their new top end watch, the gyro 5, I'm no where near able to get such a watch. Without investing the same care they have for their top of the line watches in their entry line watches I think they're headed for a bad time.
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perception and reality...
By: remarque : April 3rd, 2019-19:35
With the announcement that JLC has discontinued the fruitless Geophysic line, my perception is that the brand is lost. Of course, due to lack of any real information from the company, I will never know if the the overlords of Richemont thought as much of ...
Jaeger was in top form in the 1990s from a design perspective AFAIK
By: VinnieD : April 4th, 2019-01:26
But the world has changed a lot since then and the company has to adapt to world tastes and desires. I hear that the work atmosphere at JLC is not great at the moment but I hope this is changing for the better. I have no internal feedback so I am taking t...
Two aspects to success
By: VinnieD : April 4th, 2019-02:10
Nicolas, I was expecting a swift reaction... True that there have been many nice pieces launched under the helm of Mr Lambert but no real breakthrough. All the pieces you mentioned are very creative but small product lines/tweaks/reeditions. - The Duometr...
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By: amanico : April 4th, 2019-13:57
To answer that id crisis question..
By: Echi : April 4th, 2019-02:35
I'd say yes and probably true for a number of brands out there. The average watch lover (not necessarily a WIS) likes to be able to think in categories. Even if we say that folks would like for brands to think outside the box, even what is outside that bo...
Good read!
By: eklektik : April 4th, 2019-13:17
Although: I don't like boring, I don't like easy to spot, I don't like predictable! I own a Reverso, but nobody knows them in the world I evolve in. I also really love the subtle way the brand is written. I own a MUT, again, nobody knows what that watch i...
All valid points in the posts above ,regarding JLC as a brand , but in my perception this is not solely a JLC problem...
By: ZSHSZ : April 4th, 2019-05:40
I think that this is a Richemont group problem across the board , and is the result of the brand greed . As you can see , Panerai, Vacheron, even Lange to a certain extent are struggling with the same problems . Compared to PP, RX, AP, where they have cle...
Bvlgari
By: furen : April 4th, 2019-06:50
I thought bulgari is an independent brand because of its strong releases the past years. I did not know its under LVMH. I agree Panerai, IWC and VC together with JLC are looking more like fashion brands than serious watches IMO. Yet these are brand with r...
the current reverso grande center seconds sums up current JLC for me
By: Nick : April 4th, 2019-10:24
I very recently was in the market for a watch and was interested in the JLC reverso grande center seconds. I found that while its pretty much the same exact size of the 976, it has the same movement as the medium. Its not a fitted movement, it's not a spo...
Descent of a brand
By: Horo_Traveler : April 6th, 2019-20:45
I’m saddened by the fact that the brand no longer holds any appeal to me any more, especially considering JLC was my dream brand when I first started collecting. However I could say that about just about brand these days. Little innovation (or emotional t...