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Even if discontinued...
... you'll probably be able to find the one you want in the secondary market. I had a similar problem earlier this year - had my heart set on a Master Moon, but found it was discontinued a few years ago and replaced with the Master Calendar. Didn't care for the rearrangement of the apertures and the prominent power reserve indication... but after searching (and waiting), over the course of a month the Master Moon in three or so metal / dial configurations came up and I snagged a nice white dial / RG in practically LNIB condition.
Good luck and welcome to Purist!
Even if discontinued...
By: Zhege : December 19th, 2011-04:44
... you'll probably be able to find the one you want in the secondary market. I had a similar problem earlier this year - had my heart set on a Master Moon, but found it was discontinued a few years ago and replaced with the Master Calendar. Didn't care f...
Thanks
By: MikaJ : December 20th, 2011-03:43
Thanks to everyone for the answers. I am in fact not too worried about the availability per se - the two Hometime models are different yet both appeal to me - in different ways. My primary intention was simply to understand if JLC indeed are doing some ch...