I am a long time JLC collector and would wish nothing more than for them to succeed. Thank you for reminding me of Ms. Metrailer. Her work really was quite special.
As interesting as their high complications are, JLC need to amp up the sex appeal of their bread and butter mid-priced watches. I will admit I found their Master line refresh, well... not very masterful. They need something to capture the imagination like when they first released the Master Geographic, not just put old pictures in new frames.
But that’s just me. Perhaps newer collectors are as besotten by recent JLC releases as I was a decade or more ago.