Jaeger-LeCoultre

There are watches of little interest that you can see everywhere and there are watches that you sometimes think you don't see enough. Of course the level of interest is somewhat personal. Of course you see only where you're looking at!

Last SIHH was the revelation to a limited audience of a watch that was supposed to remain in the dark for a while. Nicolas posted already about this watch after its public launch this spring at Le Castellet but as I couldn't post after the SIHH I didn't come back yet about this one.

I want to come back to it as I really liked it at first glance while I felt much scepticism when it was shown to us.

The Amvox series has now been out for a while and the original Amvox1, modern (Aston Martin) interpretation of a non diving Polaris, is now out phased. The Amvox2 series that followed are now reaching their end too apparently. They certainly brought much more attention to the Aston Martin / Jaeger-LeCoultre partnership than the alarm, as the glass controlled chronograph system was totally innovative and quite nice to operate. Furthermore it added a kind of discretion to a chronograph that is well suited to a watch supposed to honour the somewhat more discreet of the everyday supercars.  

Jaeger-LeCoultre Amvox5

The Amvox3 was a tempting third chapter but its level of complication makes it a dream watch far more difficult to reach, a watch somewhere as unreachable for the common mortals as an Aston Martin is. Still its ceramic case is a very appealing feature that combines also very well with the technical materials associated with an Aston Martin.

As you know there was no Amvox4 for fear of bad luck, so here comes the Amvox5.

The Amvox5 is not as innovative as the Amvox2 technically speaking, but it offers an opportunity to get a ceramic case coming from the star Amvox3. And not just that!

The Amvox Worldtime

The Amvox5 is launched as a tribute to the V12 Vantage which the most sporting current Aston Martin, and consequently the most sporting Aston Martin road car ever.

You can see the car that was lent to Jerome Lambert during last SIHH, here being stolen by my two friends Nicolas and Patrice on the car park. Fortunately we were able to negociate with the Swiss police and got freed quite fast!

The blue of the car was particularly suitable and I can just encourage you to choose such colour.

Two friends and a blue car

The technical content (calibre side) of the Amvox5 is not new. You'll have recognized an Extreme World Chronograph calibre cased in a more dignified black case. Still it's the first worldtime Amvox, nicely combined with a chronograph always practical when racing or watching at races.

Tribute to the V12 Vantage

If the black Amvox2 (the original) remains my favourite Amvox for its purity and pertinence, I'm also very tempted by this Amvox5 in this ceramic plus titanium version (it also exists in a ceramic plus pink gold version). I will have a great difficulty choosing between the two black beauties.

Ceramic case

IMO Jaeger-LeCoultre really deserves to be identified as a very modern brand. The Amvox2 was for me and still is as fascinating as a Richard Mille watch on a technical side, and the concept of fusion of materials should not be reserved to a fashion brand but can also be explored by a technical brand like JLC. I hope to see more ceramic cases and more such options in the future of JLC. I also hope to see more Amvox models coming!

Technical dial

I hope I tempted you. The Amvox 5 will be a more limited watch than the Amvox2 apparently and I'm not sure we'll see so many of them, so take a chance to have a look at it while it's out (I don't think it is yet). And let us know what you think of it.

Cheers

Dje