Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme LAB: Return of the Jedi!
📅 Posted: April 12, 2007 ✍️ By: Dje 🔍 Summary: An extensive breakdown of the innovation behind JLC's lubrication-free Cal. 988C movement, high-tech materials like Easium™ carbonitride, and design features including the use of iridium platinum for the bala...
Awesome! Remarkable report on a remarkable watch. . .
. . .thanks Dje; this brings the notion of a sports tourbillon to a whole new level. So really this isn't a lubrication free watch per se; it's a 'dry lubricant' watch (except of course for the pallets) using PTFE (Teflon) in the train and graphite in the...
wow!
It certainly looks very interesting, the dial is rather busy although I actually prefer it to the AMVOX 2 (heresy they say!). As with Jack I do question the durability of PTFE aka Teflon (hands up those who have teflon coated pots and pans and seen how sc...
Jerome - wonderful horological reporting - my thanks. However, the watch while
technically impressive, the overall design leaves a great deal to be desired. As usual with MJLC the watch is a technical tour de force - if only they had housed the piece in a case that fitted the R&D on the inside. What is the point of the carbon fibre ...
great achievement
I have no doubt about JLC is always the master manufacture of movement, but I was wonder about JLC out side design (case,dial ) and finishing. I think new Master Compressor Extrem LAB have both great movement and design, good finishing too. JLC have great...
Thanks for the report! I'm really interested in the aerodynamic research....
JLC research has concluded that a large surface of balance decreases its aerodynamic performances and increases the need for energy to maintain the oscillations. I would really like to know how they researched this. Did they use CFD, analytical research o...
impressive
Dje, Thanks for the great report. JLC really shows her power as a manufacture (again). It is a very impressive watch. Hopefully the future will see a less complicated version that will be affordable. Regards, Douke
Tacos! Burritos! Enchiladas! >>
JLC has gone Tech-Mech......er......Tex-Mex Geddit? Well....never mind; back to the watch. I salute JLC for the technical innovations and that as a Manufacture, it must continue to extend boundaries of horology. Well done! The aesthetic design or Tech-Mec...
Lobster sashimi in a boiled oyster....
Hi Melvyn, This watch is not for you, go back to your Duometre and let the Lab for me :-) Yes I like Chopard L.U.C. Tech, RM and the Lab. Please don't mix them with Zenith Defy Xtreme, BRM and Custos. There's good watchmaking on one side and good marketin...
Very exciting stuff,,,
and thanks for letting us know MJLC is surely not stopping at red.... Cheers, Asi
Thanks for the report Jerome!
Nice black/red combo and the Master Lab. Can't wait to see this one in person in a few days. Love that rotor!! Cheers, Anthony
If this anything to go by I can't wait to see all the 11 new models.....
as mentioned on their website..!!! Roll on next week...........could it be a dream week..!!?? Andy.
I need the straight dope on the service interval
Hi Dje, Thanks for the wonderful report and kudos of course to JLC for their amazing work with new materials and techniques. Very exciting stuff indeed! I asked XX JLC forum what the service interval was and he said, "According to Jaeger-LeCoultre... the ...
Is it the JLC's answer for the...
"Patek Philippe Advanced Research"? Anyway, salute to JLC! They made the history again!
And I thought a silicon escape wheel was high-tech...
An incredible example of so many new technologies....no half-measures here. I wonder how the technology could be applied to more traditional watches without fundamentally changing their aesthetic, particularly the view through a sapphire back.
In my ignorance two things impressed me when I visited the Jaeger factory. How they placed tiny screws in a basket to slip in the fire in order to blue them. And the lady painting with enamel on the back of Reversos.
The day I visited there was a Ferrari club from northern Italy somewhere also visiting the factory and there were some twenty Ferrari parked across the street from the entrance. I don’t know what I found more thrilling, the watchmaking or the mean line of...
Good to see this great article resurfacing. In my opinion, there are two watches apart, in the watch world: This Extreme Lab One and the Ulysse Nardin Innovision.
No one did better than these two in terms of innovations, when it comes to the movement. Remarkable. Best, Nicolas
Holy information overload!! I am going to need to read this at least a couple of times more for it all to sink in.
But it was and is a fascinating post and well worth the effort IMO not forgetting the wonderful pictures that help. Marc
My dream watch...
18 years have passed since the presentation of the Extreme Lab1. I wonder after so many years if there have been any tests in the Manufacture on how the watch performs regarding timekeeping and wear, since the movement is lubrication-free. I wish for an E...
Thank you Nico,
If I'm not mistaken, it's been a long time since your last visit to the Manufacture. Perhaps now is the time to meet up with your friend Jerome again to clear up our questions/concerns.
Agreed. Last year was too soon...
but now he's had a year to think, dream, talk with team and plan. I hope W&W is amazing for JLC and that Jerome can bring his dynamism back to the brand. -Dean