Jaeger-LeCoultre

f.azim
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I mean no disrespect ......

and this chrono/diver with the monumental pushers and locks is just the kind of watch I cannot associate with JLC.

In fact, you could remove the name of the watch from the dial, and substitue   Seiko or  Citizen or any number of European watch makers and no one would raise an eye brow.

The argument that it is a sports watch does not hold water.  JLC is an elite watchmaker.  Its products are competitive with the best from anywhere in the world.  AP, PP, Rolex, all make sports watches.   The Royal Oak, the Nautilus and the Submariner are all quality products and all manage to look "dignified" and still follow the basic principles of what an elegant "sprots watch" for a gentleman should be. 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, true, but the necessary condition in that phrase is that the beholder must not have imparied vision.   A look at a watch like this and all I can think of is ..........I rest my case.

You like/love your watch, and more power to you.  That a  watch that looks [I am talking about design/dimension....not the movement]  like it could be made by any watchmaker in the world  is not necessarily a bad thing.  Seiko makes some of the sturdiest and most admired sports watches in the world.   But please, do not argue against an obvious fact, that watches like this do little to show that it was designed and conceived by the same company that has developed some of the most stunningly beautiful watches in the world.

Best.