I have read all the thread, and I did not read that Polaris 68 ever wrote he is a JLC Vintage collector, so this question seems curious.
BTW, I don't see how you need to be a JLC vintage collector to be untitled to have an opinion on a watch you have ordered, and that you are waiting with a lot of anticipation.
I have read everything, and, yes, I see there is much debate and much noise maybe for nothing, as in the end it will be possible to have a matching dial and hands combination (not the one that was advertised initially, but still a matching one, which I think is the most important).
But I think Polaris 68 just raised a valid point, and has been received very harshly from the beginning.
And I find that the questionning about the rest of his collection is out of place.
Since when do you need to be " a big vintage JLC collector" to be a good and respected client ?
Honnestly, I am very surprised by many answers I have read here to Polaris 68 concerns...
All this is just a matter of (bad) communication between members. Hopefully in the end everybody will be happy with his - modified or unmodified - watch.
But if the watch hadn't been released in this unmatching version in the first place (which I find odd), there wouldn't have been any debate, probably a better thing, since I see a lot of un-neccessary frustration here from all sides.