Dave G
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Agree
May 22, 2024,13:42 PM
The explanation makes little sense. I expect it was more costly to work with.
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New Jaeger Lecoultre Duometres. Some thoughts.
By: amanico : May 21st, 2024-09:22
Some of us pushed the Manufacture to work on a new Duometre, since 2014. Ten years later, Jaeger Lecoultre comes with three " New " Duometres, the Quantième Lunaire, The Chronograph Moon, and the Heliotourbillon Perpetual. Let's see the first two, here, t...
Personally complete disappointment
By: Gelato Monster : May 21st, 2024-09:38
Lack of taste (salmon opened) and lack of passion and ingenuity (the rest). Undeservingy lazy.
🙂 thank you
By: Gelato Monster : May 21st, 2024-12:10
I think I am sincerely disappointed and have to much believe and expectations toward such a great naming of The Watchmaker of Watchmakers
+1
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-04:36
It’s unfortunately true… JLC has run out of inventiveness and now thinks in terms of margins (new color for dials, reuse of existing caliber/design, slight cosmetic modifications, price increases inversely proportional to emotion...). Best Ø
Also!
By: amanico : May 22nd, 2024-05:56
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By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-11:42
Dreams are my reality The only kind of real fantasy Illusions are a common thing I try to live in dreams 😂😂😂
Boum
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-13:14
1st gen was orders of magnitude superior.
By: indignantdenial : May 21st, 2024-10:28
It had a unique case, a much better dial, and a prettier movement. It was made of untreated maillechort which means it was actually warm. That is now all gone. I also much prefer the blocky case of the first gen; looks infinitely better. I think the new c...
I like both the WG UTTs
By: Horo_Traveler : May 23rd, 2024-23:06
Here’s mine with the chiseled dial. The watchmaking and design was 💯 on the Duometres but the marketing was terrible beyond belief. ...
Which will arrive first?
By: LK : May 21st, 2024-10:34
Duometre Alarm, Reverso Alarm, or World Peace? If they are trying to "protect" the Memovox line, then at least they could make more interesting Memovoxes...
With the UTT…
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-04:39
It would have been consistent and great…
Well…
By: Dave G : May 21st, 2024-10:37
I ordered both the steel and the platinum pieces. I am a Duometre fan with two early chronographs in RG and WG so I see this as an expansion of the collection. I just realised I will have one in each of four different models… not intentional but I like th...
I really want to like these.
By: gary_g : May 21st, 2024-10:59
I do. But they don’t move me. They are more corporate than anything else. It’s as if JLC had a bunch of focus groups decide what to do. As opposed to staying true to their roots. Reminds me of modern IWC..
Always difficult to judge a watch only by pictures.
By: jlux : May 21st, 2024-12:39
Upfront I do like the new case shape with the curved sapphire that extends to the edge of the dial. The chronograph is a big no for me due to the holes in the dial : something I also did not like on the more recent versions of the previous model. The blue...
Typical Richemont practice
By: m1ti : May 21st, 2024-12:54
I'm not surprised by this JLC considering what'a going on with other Richemont brands. They seem to be reducing spend on movement R&Ds and focusing on facelifts across their brands and jacking up the price to boot. Cartier, they can get away with because ...
I see these new ones as adding details that are not needed.
By: MichaelC : May 21st, 2024-13:58
And unfortunately, they diminish the product. The case side view, no reason to sandblast the inside of the lugs. The blue one has so many dial patterns, it is confusing. The reserve indicators look like a pair of windshield wipers, with the dial graining ...
Excellence is what they want us to believe…
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-04:52
Cheap version is what they want us to buy…. At a golden ratio price… Maybe new comers will love this piece… Watch lovers or JLC fans… maybe not…
YEP
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-13:12
Here’s a wrist shot from earlier this month . . .
By: Mach : May 21st, 2024-14:41
I’m not a fan of the dial openings nor the size. “Refinement” or “elegance” were not some of my initial thoughts when I first saw this in the metal. I most definitely prefer the QL Enamel. ...
Well, here’s my totally valueless take;)
By: ZSHSZ : May 21st, 2024-15:48
First off, I respect everyone’s opinion since tastes differ as it should(variety is key). For long I observed this inexplicable phenomenon of criticism of newly relised watches that exists for decades, while after discontinuation they become darlings! Jus...
Yes…
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-13:15
JLC.... The recycling maker...
By: Alfihar : May 21st, 2024-16:44
After the recycled Reverso Chrono... the recycled QP in a Polaris case... and before a Master Control Geographic dressed up today in a Polaris case, came a recycled Duometre with it's (Nice) Master Grande Tradition case.... What happened to the Jaeger LeC...
I tend to agree…
By: Dave G : May 22nd, 2024-00:22
At least with all of the standard model lines. Others have followed a similar disappointing path (think UN). However, at the very top end there is still some “spirit.” The artistic crafts with the Reverso releases in the past year have been nice and at th...
True…
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-04:57
Alas....
By: amanico : May 22nd, 2024-05:44
Rolf…
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-11:39
I find the new case much nicer and balanced
By: Clavi : May 21st, 2024-17:42
To me they are a very welcome refresh to the Duometre line. Some people were missing the discontinued original Duometres. They have launched a new one, with (IMO) a better / slimmer case visually, more elegant. The case thickness should not be compared di...
Well,
By: Speedie74 aka Mr. Torquise : May 21st, 2024-18:50
I am with the old line: it has much stronger identity, it is much more a Jaeger to me, it is the Duometre for me. The new models could be an other manufacture’s product for me, I don’t see Jaeger itself. I love everything in the old line: the masculin lug...
Thanks so much for your detailed review!
By: KMII : May 21st, 2024-18:57
I think they have gone down the line of trying to maximize the returns by economizing on the input. Certainly not the only culprit but likewise I find the previous ones more to my liking. While there’s hope that they will add a full dial on the chrono in ...
Or
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-05:02
An UTT with an alarm A QL with moon phase and night and day…. More consistent than the « new » chrono
Obsédé 😂
By: Alfihar : May 22nd, 2024-11:39
With respect to your point on the use of German silver…
By: Dave G : May 21st, 2024-22:24
Or rather the non-use… I did raise this question directly to JLC a few weeks ago. This is the reply they provided by email: “We felt the German silver colour and how it will actually continue to patina through time was not complementing well the white met...
Agree
By: Dave G : May 22nd, 2024-13:42
The explanation makes little sense. I expect it was more costly to work with.
In my opinion it’s the crown
By: LemaniaChrono : May 22nd, 2024-02:01
Wouldn’t you want a more substantial crown like the 1st generation considering you wind the watch in both directions?
thank you Nivo for sharing your thoughts..
By: Sebi : May 22nd, 2024-11:25
I definitely share your opinion, but I wish I didnt !! Let's see which watch they do murder next tine 😂 well at least if there a pouch AND a snowglobe...
🙏🙏🙏
By: Mitch K : May 23rd, 2024-20:34
???
By: amanico : May 24th, 2024-06:27
JLC surprised us and not in a nice way.
By: Horo_Traveler : May 23rd, 2024-22:47
As I previously commented, these designs make me wonder if they were generated by ChatGPT. One has to marvel though, at their brilliant achievement of gold-to-steel conversion alchemy without raising prices! Yes, JLC continue to surprise.
Hi Nico
By: Timeout : June 6th, 2024-17:53
I had the good fortune to be a guest of JLC at Palexpo and tried all three models. I own the previous model Chronographe. The new models - shown below - were all nice in their own way, but not a giant leap forward. The blue dial was not to my personal tas...