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What happened to the beautiful and classic shapes of JLC?
I am sure at least some of you good people must miss the slim cases, elegant dauphine hands, classic domed crystals and dials of just about a decade or less ago.
I used to think of those JLCs as some of the most elegant and classy Swiss watches. All I see now are thick cases, larger than large crowns, snub nosed scissors like hands that remind me of some gardening tools. Where is the delicacy of design and the rightness of proportion, where is the purity of simple and true beauty and why has this garrishness taken over the designs of one of the finest watch manufactures?
And perhaps most disturbing, where is the howling protest that must make JLC realize their erroneous ways?
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What happened to the beautiful and classic shapes of JLC?
I am sure at least some of you good people must miss the slim cases, elegant dauphine hands, classic domed crystals and dials of just about a decade or less ago. I used to think of those JLCs as some of the most elegant and classy Swiss watches. All I see...
Respectfully...
it is difficult to reconcile your observations with the extent of JLC's offerings in this year alone. Of all the brands who exhibited at Basel/SIHH, JLC perhaps more than any other gave us a large range of offerings that could only be described as elegant...
Her'e my loooong take in this interesting debate
I respectfully disagree with you, as I don't have the same vision, here. Till in a recent past, ( a bit after 2000 ), JLC made the Reverso Art Deco, which is, hence, not a Vintage Watch: You will say that even if recent, this is past.?.. Not really, as yo...
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
but of all houses on market now I can say with great confidence that they are holding the "classic ground" most of all OK from the top of my head one more house and that is Blancpain IMHO Best
Mean
when I look at the watch at first glance their pieces look to me most classic in that vintage sense of course not speaking here of murky Blancpain history since 1735 Ok one more Breguet So on the begining of thread JLC, Blancpain & Breguet for me are thos...
Does age play a factor?
I will admit that I'm a fairly new soul to the world of high end watches that have lots of history. I was always admired to it via my father. He always wore his classic Omegas, Rolexes, etc... But when I was ready to enter this amazing historic world, I w...
The most important is that
You found YOUR watch, and that you're very happy with it, my friend. I think there is enough place for every taste, here, old, new, young... To each his own, that's the most beautiful thing in this world, isn't it? I can love both, vintage, modern, thick,...
True words from a true watch lover with lots of wisdom.
Well said again my friend, Best, Matrix....
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 ...
Matrix didn't say that
He just said that he was new in the horology world and that he's happy with his watch... As some are with the EWC, the Memovox Compressor, and some others... That's a reality, and even in the history of JLC, you had a stunning diversity of watches, from t...
I cannot argue with that... to each his own....Please note that...
my point was not to dismiss the particular watch but to simply use it as an example of how different it is in appearance from what, at least in the mind of some of us, is the "traditional look" of a JLC. But as you pointed out, there have always been watc...
"Ahhhh, you modern folk....
... what most of we real JLC fans don't understand is how you now find it acceptable to have the crown at 3:00 and not at 12:00; you go for tiny cases (under 60mm), don't have a decent cover over the dials (not even half hunter cases) and then you go for ...
Oh come now, you know that pocket watches are just a
passing fad, a mere fashion statement that the modern man has invented to make things too complicated. Nah, these trinkets that you constantly take out of your pockets, flip open, flip close god only knows how many times a day are a sure sign of the age o...
Touché !!....
.... and in the spirit of Purist diplomacy, the following piece is tendered as an honourable compromise: [photo credit: j-walkblogdotcom] Cheers, pplater....
Excellent post
And for me at first I was not very keen on the "Compressor" line when it first appeared and never imagined I would own one. But when it came time to buy something in memory of my mother, that is exactly what I did. Of course I still like the traditional s...
