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Hi Nicholas
Many thanks for this impressive post. Wonderful watches, but I have to say the Calypso hands would have finished the design off for me. I can see from some of the follow up that not many people seem to favour them, but to me they just add that finishing touch to a classic piece. Good job we're not all the same I think, adds to the spice of life!
All the best
Tim
THE RETURN OF A LEGENDARY WATCH : THE POLARIS
1968 / 2008: 40 years after, the Rebirth of the Polaris. To be precise, 2008 was not really the 40th Anniversary of the Polaris, as this Cult Watch was born in 1963, as a Prototype, ( 50 pieces ) and was discontinued in 1970 ( 55 pieces ), but the truth i...
Incredible as always Nicolas!
Thank you again for the education my friend. Best for you always my friend, Matrix.
Nicolas you are as prolific as you knowledgeable
The forum would be a poorer place without you. - SJX
Well my friend
What to say after this review It still amazes me how you manage to outshine yourself This review instantly got special place on my HD and yes I become mad about Polaris as from now keep on the good work k (I know you will) + looks like 10K posts gave you ...
Thanks a lot, Ohlins, for your nice words!
Much apprecitaed, my friend. Best. Nicolas
Well done bijo
Another super-report! I think I have an easy choice,,,,lol ;-) Cheers, Asi
Another excellent review!
Well worth the read and both a very fine example of a historical piece. Which one to choose? Thanks for putting this together. Much appreciated Nicolas. Best fernando
NIC here is some vintage info on polaris & Deep sea...
found this on another site. not sure how well it will be ledgable but ill give it a shot. HOWEVER at the `75 annivesary section of JLS site ONCE again the deep sea was passed by in the list of historical watches they made, ALSO I got the tropic original b...
Yes, Grant, but on the first pic, this is not the Cal 825 of the Pola
I wonder what this movement is doing here, as it looks like a Cal 916 which was used in the Snow Drop, for example... Best. Nicolas
Actually it is the cal 883 from the DSMM
The 'out of place' calibre in the documentation is a K883, as featured in the Deep Sea Master Mariner, so definitively a non-alarm movement... Nice review BTW Nicoals ;-)
Bravo again mon ami!
And i see now why you told me to come back to this forum! But the one part that prevents me from saying too much good things about this review, is that the watch in question is a remontage automatique?! You know i only do remontage manuel mon ami.... But ...
What an exceptional review!
Nicolas, thank you for such a great in depth review of the re-editions of the polaris. I so eager and excited about it, and can't wait! This would be my first true JLC watch (apart from the PAM190) and could be the start to another adventure. Best regards...
BRAVO Nicolas!!
Thanks for this amazing in-depth review about two Impressive watches. A job that all of us know that is hard and long. But the pleasure for us reading it and your pleasure sharing with us this great job I know is bigger. Thanks again my friend. Best. Emil...
Congratulations and thank you
Hi my dear colleague! Congratulations for your excellent work and thank you for sharing with us this Polaris "adventure". Your review is a treat and I'm glad to look at my wrist to check your points. So the point is, now you need 4 Tribute to Polaris, the...
Nicolas...another great review!!
Hi Nicolas, I would want to miss any of your review or should i say "introduction" to the new Polaris since you said is NOT a re edition. As you have pointed out Memovox and Polaris are both quite simillar in nature except the revise caliber in Polaris,i ...
Spectacular...
Watches, pictures and review. Thanks so much for your thorough post, Nicolas....
Lovely in-depth review of the re-editions of the Polaris.
Nicolas, thanks a lot for such a great in-depth report of the Polaris Re-Edition. Your work is truly great asset to this forum. I have a question. Will JLC change the dial from later batch (yellow/brown) of the '68 Polaris to first batch dial (orange ones...
Much appreciated, JPSF! As for the orange dials, here's the answer
JLC didn't want to have too much delay with these Polaris, so the very first batches come with the orange indexes, as to respect their promises to deliver the first watches before the end of this year... BUT, all the first owners received their '68 Re Edt...
Another excellent post
Nicolas, thanks again for such an excellent post. I have fallen in love with this watch and hope I'll have the money one day to pick up such a beautiful piece. regards Bretta
Merci, Nicolas, for such an insightful review . . .
. . . crafted with your inimitable personal touch . . . truly, the passion seeps thru your writing. Cordially, Art
love the 68;
thank you for not using the Calypso Hands, i hate them with a passion... hopefully my 68' comes soon... and i hope for the orangish markers... because i feel it looks more dated as i want the watch to look...
I personally do not
like Calypso hands but I don't hate them. May I ask why you don't like so much? Great to see you here, BTW. Best, Jean
hey jean ;-)
long time no talk. the calypso hands just frustrate me, stems from the Amvox pieces... first i feel the minute hand is way too "loud", secondly it covers up the date window when its anywhere between 14 and 16 minutes, third it throws the dial off balance ...
Sweet, just sweet ...
... a great read, Nicolas !! Just couldn't ask for more !! Thanks for you efforts and passion !! Tony
Thanks, Tony,
Seems that our passion for this watch is shared by both of us... Any pics of yours? Best. Nicolas
This is the best I could do ...
Th Polaris and its "dry land" little brother in the background. (Tried posting this a bit earlier but can't see it. Sorry if you see it double posted misplaced somwehere) Un abrazo, Tony...
Hi Nicholas
Many thanks for this impressive post. Wonderful watches, but I have to say the Calypso hands would have finished the design off for me. I can see from some of the follow up that not many people seem to favour them, but to me they just add that finishing t...
An other great post!
Nicolas, Thank you for this incredible review. I hold in high esteem the project in which you have been involved and you can feel proud of the output: Jaeger-LeCoultre has produced two beautiful watches. This tribute without concession proves how respectf...
Great great review
The most deep review I saw about a vintage watch. Thanks for this beautiful way , work and time to show the JLC´s heritage Jerome Lambert ..........no no, only 4800s
What a boring report ....
... LOL offcourse ! Very nice pictures Nicolas, especially where the dome-plexi shape is revealled ... Thanks for the post, and special thanks for letting me wear the 68 .... when i die the picture of the 68 on my wrist will go on my tomb ... LOLOLOL A sm...
Thanks, Nicolas.
Thanks for the great photos and particularly the old advertising material. Is the EPSA logo now property of JLC?....now there is a trademark worth owning (well, in my prejudiced mind). One small point of fussiness, many of the vintage pieces appear to be ...
IT's STILL not fair..Equal time Borther..
THE ad is GREAT, they just printed it wrong, Again I corrected it...We must bring this back from the dead!...
Passion and photographs
Thank you Nicolas for the passion in those words and thanks to the JLC Heritage Gallery for the beauty in those pictures. That is truely a very unique watch. N.
Wow, wow and triple wow!!!!!!!!
Nicolas, You, my friend were absolutely correct. This review was well worth the wait and definitely answered all the questions I could have possibly asked and many more I never even considered. I look forward to receiving my 68 in the not to distant futur...
Outstanding review!
Many thanks for the wonderful report and photos, Nicolas... Best, Gary G
A question: The caseback
The caseback on the vintage: Were the cases for these made by EPSA or under licence by JLC? The reason I ask is that the case-inner is marked with JLC and the diving helmet and Brevet # of the compressor cases. I am also rather surprised at the rough cham...
A technical draw is better than a thousand words, BDLJ
Here's the Draw of the Cal 815 which is exactly the same than the Cal 825, this last one adding the date... You will see down, and and your right, " Marteua de sonnerie " which is in English "the Hammer "... And you will see its exact location in the move...
Question to amanico & others
Firstly, amanico, this review is absolutely a must, welle balanced, documented with even some suspense... I knew that this tribute to polaris had been carried through with the help of private JLC collectors and aficionados (many of them posting on this fo...
Hi Karmin, here are some answers
I speak only of what I know. In Nov 2006, 3 Collectors and first of all, friends, had a meeting with JLC Team in Paris, to discuss about the re edition of the Polaris. Were there: M.A, Y.O, and me. At the End of the dinner, JLC agreed on the principle of ...
Past and future conviction
Hi amanico, thx for tracing the histoiry of this tribute to polaris. I'm just impressed by the conviction you must have shown in order to bring JLC on board (even if I guess they also checked the financial "viability" of such a project). Do you think that...
Excellent review and amazing story!
Nico, Thank you for having taken the time to write such a marvelous report on the history of the model and of its technical innovations throughout time. I am amazed by how the Tribute to Polaris project was born, and also glad that a manufacture as import...
Outstanding Qs
Thanks for a great review. Nicolas a few questions: I am confused with 63, 65, 67, 68 and 70 editions. Can you specify in a chronological order all the Polaris and the number of pieces and the differences. The original Polaris had nylon straps?, the re-ed...
Hi, Christopher,
I think that if you read the review I just posted, and the other review I made quite a year ago on the Polaris Vintage, you will have manty answers to your questions, my friend. Here's the link for the Vintage Polaris: jlc.watchprosite.com If you make som...
still wondering...
Nicolas, I read the second post but I can still not figure out how many of each different Polaris that has been done and what year they were produced? Do you have a book you reccomend for long and detailed history of JLC? Best, CHristoffer
Christoffer,
Here are the numbers... 1963: 50 Prototypes. 1965: 500 pieces. 1967: 7 pieces. 1968: 1150 pieces. 1970: 55 pieces, So a total of 1714 pieces + 50 Protos. NB: Numbers given by Cortesy of the JLC Vintage Dept. Best. Nicolas
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