amanico
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Jaeger Lecoultre Master Compressor Memovox: The power of a picture.
It is very rare I can say that an official picture made a strong impression on me.
Here is one, featuring the Master Compressor Memovox, which made me fall in love with that watch.
I fell for this first modern evocation of the legendary Polaris, with these strange ( at that time ) crowns.
Even if the welcome was quite lukewarm for this family of watches, several years after, it convinced more and more people.
What about you?
Best,
Nicolas
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Jaeger Lecoultre Master Compressor Memovox: The power of a picture.
It is very rare I can say that an official picture made a strong impression on me. Here is one, featuring the Master Compressor Memovox, which made me fall in love with that watch. I fell for this first modern evocation of the legendary Polaris, with thes...
When this watch came out I loved the look of it and took the plunge and bought one.
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I used to own one, too. Sizing is good. The crowns did not bother me. But the marking either red or white can come off. The engraved case back is glued in. That can come off.
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I have always loved it and never struggled with those complaints...
The crowns never dug into my wrist; the back of the watch didn't bother me - although JLC could have done some smoothing on the design. The original Compressor design release that the then-moderator, Jaw did was fantastic. The one he did for the EWC was e...
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