Jaeger-LeCoultre

Got my Polaris yesterday and loved it until I turned off the light... or am I missing something?

 

Do you have the correct or incorrect dial?

It is from the new 2nd batch so it should be the "correct" dial. It just don´t look correct to me - at the moment...

This is the first time I see that on the Polaris Re Edtion.

Of course, this is not normal, as the indexes glow in the dark, too.

Do you have the orange indexes, or the " normal " ones?

Please keep me informed.

The problem will be simple to solve, as JLC will change your dial, of course.

Best,

Nicolas

 

Here it is - the 6, 9 and 12 has a lighter color than all the rest of the colored index but warmer than the white parts. The hands has also another color - more green and like the batch 1 hands (must be the same).

I think this is strange - white (no luminova), off white (w. luminova), light brown (no luminova) and green (w. luminova) on the same dial. I think batch 2 is a step back and I am a bit disappointed - I have allways felt highly about JLC but this it is so strange to me. 

The rest of the watch is so well done and true to the original - with a non lumen index they could just as well have used glass instead of plexi, a stronger buckle and so.  

Don´t get me wrong here - I have allways loved the Polaris and getting this grail is something special. But this is maby why I feel so bad over this small mistake.

Or am I beeing petty? 

 

 

But there is something which is not normal:

The Color of the numbers, which mismatches with the color of the indexes.

So, if you add the fact that the only the numbers glow in the dark, I would ask my AD to change the dial for another one..

After, you will see if you prefer the orange indexes, or the one which is presented as the regular one ( to come ).

Best,

Nicolas.

Missing something?....yes---you are missing LUME on your indices

This might be the rarest Polaris yet

Of course this is wrong---we are all waiting to see which dial you have.....

most of us here have the "wrong" dial; meaning the orange-colored lume on the dial that comes with a letter from JLC

easy fix......but interesting.

Cheers

Someone else posted daytime pics of the new dial on another forum and the 12, 6 and 9 numbers clearly look like a different color from the markers. It could very well be that the markers aren't lumed.

Just got some bad news…

 

My AD had a talk with JLC about my new Polaris with the missing luminova.

 

It is no mistake.

 

All future delivery of the Polaris 1968 w. the “correct” dial will be like mine=no luminova.

 

Apparently it is not possible to produce a balanced “vintage” colour with luminova…

 

 

I think it is strange that the colour of the index "wins" over the function of being visible at night. IT IS A DIVER!

I would rather have a off white index with luminova…

 

 

 

I think it is a strange decision and far from the concept of making a re-edition. All the rest about the Polaris is true to its origin – but now this?