Horological Meandering

One pic which speaks better than a thousand words:



These Longines, U.G Polerouter Sub, and JLC Polaris are certainly among the nicest Super Compressor Case Watches.

Even if the case is very close on these 3 watches, they have their own personality, character.

Candy for the eyes!

Enjoy.

Best,

Nicolas

expected this picture from you....

I was just wondering what took you so long.....

Cheers

I hesitated to add the 2 Tribute to Polaris, the Cali and the Re Edition of the Longines Diver...



Best,

Nicolas

I do not think that the Cali goes well with the others

Cheers

That the Cali is the only one to not be a Compressor Case...



But this is a nice re edition of the Vintage, don't you think?

As the Polaris, and the Longines are.

Best,

Nicolas

the Cali is a nice vintage, true.....

But in those three I could add the memovox..... don't you agree?

Cheers

The Vintage Memovox, E 855?

The Compressor one?

In both cases they don't belong to the same family.

But YES, they are interesting, too!

Best,

Nicolas

Doesn't it belong to the same family?????

I was under the impression that it derived from the Polaris

Cheers

Nor a Compressor Case, but Compressor Crowns.



But yes, the Master Compressor Memo was inspired by the Pola.

Best,

Nicolas

not a vintage-

it will be in the future.....

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A Vintage to become.

I wonder how it will age in 25 years, I'm certain that it will have a great look.

Best,

Nicolas

 

nt

Is it right that JLC is one of THE companies producing alarm watches?
Over the years I mean and different models at the time.
GEO

We can even say that JLC was the first to produce a Diving Alarm Watch, with the Deep Sea Alarm, in 1959.

Then, came the Vulcain Nautical, a bit later ( 1961 ? )

Then, since 1962, the first works on the Polaris came, to give birth to the Proto in 1963.

If you want to learn more about JLC, the Diving watches, here's a link:

jlc.watchprosite.com

Best,

Nicolas

I think if I was forced to choose one type of watch to wear for the rest of my life, super compressor cased dive watches might very well be it.

I love all three examples you've chosen to photograph.  Thanks for this picture!

Cheers,

Daos

These Super Compressor have the elegance and the sweatness of the 60ies...

And as they are quite a lot, the choice is very wide!

Best, Sister.

Nicolas

A really nice pleasure admire these three marvels side by side.

And every one with it's particularities!.

Thanks for sharing, hermano

EMILIO

You shoudn't have let it go, my friend...

Best,

Nicolas

I remember this great watch..

But, sometimes, we have to take difficult choices... For hunt dreams...

The best of all is I'll be able to hunt another one with some time...let's see

Life is hard hermano


Best my dear friend

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Aren't you tempted?

Best,

666.

Generally speaking, those are not the types of watches I traditionally patronize.  That being said, your recently posted photos, both here and on the JLC forum, have admittedly sparked my interest and elevated my appreciation.

Craig 

Modern, distant cousin?


Best,

Jed

With a watch I'm hunting so badly...

This one:



The Ref 812.

A great watch in a small case ( 37 mm ).

Best,

Nicolas

Is it Small Nic or simply adequete? I've never personally liked either of the JLC or UG samples because of the ill proportioned cases....for my money the JLC with the fat case reminds me of an half used bar of soap (leaving aside the dial looks to belong to something free in a petrol station) and the UG arrives with better fitting depth which is thrown away because of the diameter that is increased for no good horological reason (other than the suppliers insisting that they must have a 42mm case). I think adequete is a better description for the Schaffhausen offering. This message has been edited by C.vallely5 on 2009-07-05 21:49:52

Hi, Catherine,

Yes, at this moment, 37 mm watches ware even considered too big!

Using a 42 mm was a brave decision for U.G, JLC and Longines, but I'm preety sure I forgot some, here.

Nowadays, 42 mm are more normal than 37 mm for Diving watches, and seem even small compared to the Tuna Fish Panerai Cans.



Still, I love the IWC, as I'm hunting it for several long years, now, and I also love the 42 mm super compressor cases for their charm.

Happily, we're not all in love with the same lady!



Best,

Nicolas

I'm not even too sure they were being brave Nic. Could it not have been 'have what your given or go elsewhere' (from the case manafacturers).

 

Best Regards

Catherine.

This message has been edited by C.vallely5 on 2009-07-06 05:32:56