JLC Geomatic saved from a certain death

Dear all

I'd like to tell you a little story. after having visited some manufactures in May with Alex, including JLC, I told my story to my closest friends and their parents. I told them my love and passion for JLC and the incredible moment I lived in visiting the Grande Maison.

When the parents said.. "we have some old watches that we gave to a cousin who is going to smell them for their gold. funny, there was a JLC who belonged to my father.. if we had known you love that brand so much..."

My eyes get off my skull and I pray them to call this cousin to stop the desaster. Hopefully, nothing has been done and I recovered beside the JLC, 2 Omega vintages.

The JLC is a Geomatic, yellow gold, with the stop second feature. Good condition with scratches on plexy but still operating and keeping time in respect of its chronometer rank.. A way for thanking me for saving its life ?

The gold bracelet was too much goldy and much less valuable than its gold weight, so I didn't keep it.

After a visit to ABP, I recover my Geomatic in new clothes and I felt (again) in love with her.

Perhaps this story is silly for you and I'm confused for this but I just wanted to share my joy with you and to introduce my updated small and modest collection. Very modest in comparison with the treasures this forum makes me see every day, but I'm proud of it and will always claim my love and passion for JLC.

Kind regards to all, my friends (and sorry for the quality of pics, I'm not a great photograph) !

family pic :

Fantastic timing...

By: nwp627 : June 27th, 2009-15:05

...and a fortuitous save of one of the great examples of JLC craftsmanship. The Geomatic looks right at home in your JLC family. Congratulations. N

Not silly at all… GREAT story!

By: marcelo : June 27th, 2009-15:59

And your JLC collection is just beautiful – you got everything there All the best! Marcelo

You did well......

By: MiniCooper : June 27th, 2009-18:19

Enjoy them Cheers

well done, you saved a great piece...

By: FanFrancisco : June 27th, 2009-21:30

thanks for sharing your joy with us. i can imagine how happy you were at the time of seeing this great piece... the most happy thing i feel is that this great watch can go to a passionate person as you instead of going someone who don't know how to apprec...

You're too modest, Fabrice

By: amanico : June 28th, 2009-00:15

This is YOUR watch, and for that reason, it is a treasure. The Geomatic is a great watch, therefore, with a sublime and timeless look. And this is a Chronometer, which sounds magic. Your story is not ridiculous at all, it is GREAT. You dreamt of it, you g...

many thanks to all !

By: jaeger92 : June 28th, 2009-01:46

your warm and friendly answers are so great, I'm proud to be in this JLC family Just a service to check if everything's ok (the winding phase is a little hard) and Geomatic's life will go on ! cheers !

Destiny

By: Dje : June 28th, 2009-02:07

Hi, Thank you for sharing your story with us! I just end up this answer and I call all the family right after! Unfortunately I already did it long ago and no outcome. I really like this pic: The strap you got is awesome. The pic has a very nice retro flai...

I already met Nico the devil..

By: jaeger92 : June 28th, 2009-02:24

.. and I read Zaf Basha's book... i'm definitely lost...

End of the fun, guys... I'm back! :))) [nt]

By: amanico : June 29th, 2009-13:03

No message body This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-06-29 13:04:14

What a great sotry

By: kit : June 28th, 2009-22:33

And the Geomatic looks wonderful on that strap.

Great watch & story!

By: Peter : June 29th, 2009-02:30

Thks for sharing

Great story!

By: AlexSunrise : June 29th, 2009-08:40

Which I am sure you will cherish for your entire life. The Geomatic may have left it's original owner, but it is until now that it has found a HOME. Great combination with the croco strap, Fab. A bientot, mon ami! Salut, Alex

If this is silly, then the things I post are rubbish!

By: Ruckdee : June 29th, 2009-18:06

It's a great story as many have said. You are lucky and the watch certainly is VERY, VERY lucky to have you as its savior. Ruckdee

thanks to all, my friends !

By: jaeger92 : June 29th, 2009-22:44

I must admit that this Geomatic gave me some fierce ideas on going deeper into JLC's history and to go hunting some more vintage models.. and when I read some books about historical models, whaou, what a brand.. I loved JLC, now, I'm a fanatic

That is terrible, but great ending!

By: canonken : June 30th, 2009-22:35

I cringe to think of how many nice pieces end up literally being thrown in the trash can.