Jaeger-LeCoultre

thanks Nico for sharing us this wonderful news.

sharing with you too, i got my 4th JCL, you guess which model?

it is RGMT. i am playing the watch, it is outstanding watch with all the practical complications in one watch with dual faces. 

well done, JLC.

stefan 

Cpongrats to you, my friend.

Please, post pics!

Best,

Nicolas

And congrats to JLC!

Regards,
ED-209

There is not only Marketting in this world!

Best,

Nicolas

Not at all that JLC did win, but that it was done with tourbillons (after all comments for the last years that it is just an esthetic thing for a wristwatch . It would be ideed nice to see the results in a historical context.
Congratulations to JLC again, great job!

br,
Dirk

Will try to post one this month...

As for the Winning tourbillons, it doesn't surprise me that much, as I spoke with the watchmakers at JLC and they didn tell me that thet were very confident with these 2 calibers.

They were right...

Best, Dirk.

Nicolas

Nicolas, this is the "race" wich told for us time2tic on May ?

This contest make a NO anwer, for tourbillon is just a complication without any racional or mechanical value, and just for make a lot of number for the pricetag

Congrats for the Manufacture !

and say that JLC's victory is at best a hollow one.

As a competition that calls itself 'International' yet deliberately leaves out other watchmaking countries such as Germany and Japan (or even America and China) has no credibility IMO.

Sorry, I find this a dishonest marketing tactic by the Swiss watchmaking industry in the guise of an 'International' competition.

If they were serious, they would bring back proper observatory competitions open for all.

Well, I'm looking forward to the Azerbaijan entry in 2010

Bill.

Why the German or asian brands didn't want to attend, I don't know...

But their absence don't " waste " the merit of the brands which decided to attend.

There was a big risk to see a brand like ETA winning against more sophisticated and more expensive movements.

Some brands did take the risk, others preferred to not take this risk.

Best,

Nicolas
This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-12-05 23:43:26

Sorry, but that is incorrect.

Check the rules for the Chronometrie 2009 competition (it is on their website) and you will see the list of countries eligible to attend. Notable countries excluded are Germany, Japan, US and China.

This I've copied and pasted from their website (and using Google translate):

"The contest is open to movements assembled, adjusted and settled in the following countries:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, France, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican."

If it were an open competition and the German and Japanese companies refused to enter then yes, I would agree with you.

While it is nice to see JLC win, I still believe it is a hollow victory.

Germany was able to play..;" Allemagne " in French, and they are on the list you quoted.

So they were free to attend.

Actually, those who attended are far from being " faire valoir "...

So, even if I would have preferred to see all the watchmakers attending this Contest, I note that some like Rolex, for example, didn't.

Best,

Nicolas

This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-12-06 01:27:56

I always knew that skipping French at school would eventually catch up to me.

Still, I find it disturbing that as an 'international' competition, it actually lists certain countries rather than having it open to all. I still am disappointed the fact that countries such as Japan are excluded. It would be nice to see how Seiko would have done.

I suppose Rolex wasn't totally excluded - Rene Addor, an ex-Rolex employee won out the independents. Against Kari Voutilinen and FP Journe no less with a movement reportedly made in his garage.

Bill.

The Germans didn't do, neither big Swiss Names...

That's a fact.

As for your French, I can assure you that my English is not that good...

so, no problem!

Best,

Nicolas

 

to JLC......

Who were the big ones that chose not to participate?

Cheers

Which is weird, because they are very important companies, which have a Tradition in Chronometry...

But also Breguet, Blancpain, Lange, and so on...

Best,

Nicolas

a great pity.....

Cheers

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Hi Nicolas,

Excellent news.  I shall send my deepest congratulations to the teams who participated and particularly to the JLC team for winning!

I loved this race! 

And you know that I love the Master Tourbillon!   www.tp178.com m

Cheers

Dje

As they know you're a big fan of Chronometric pieces!

Another excellent reason to love the Master Tourbillon, indeed.

Best,

Nicolas

... We were jst talking with some friends that ran into a MR platine. They are not fans of JLC, but we were saying how impressive the watch is ( there was also a extreme Lab, but i think they are saying this to piss me oof .. )
Btw, which tourbillon is it on the pics u posted? 1st time i see it...Platinum or white gold?

K

The great thing here is that we often complain about Marketting, here, and there.

But when a brand ( and in this case, not only JLC ) dares to compete with others, there is no marketting, only risks.

Risks to be beaten by others.

JLC won, and demonstrated that they have TRUE, not VIRTUAL nor ARTIFICIAL, virtues.

They can communicate on it, now.

Best,

Nicolas

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And that the other brands are free to communicate, or not.

Will try to know...

Best,

Nicolas

 

it did not have the (dreaded) outside date... No matter! Congrats to JLC and keep 'em coming. I was daydreaming the other day about what I would do with 350K.... for one watch... and it would be hard to decide between a JLC ultra-grand complication or an AP of the same.... I guess what I'm saying is... I love JLC!