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And congratulations for owning a Duometre already! 

Cheers

Dje

No question an astounding glorious amazing piece of work--and so original!!! But hmmmm... I don't completely love it in these pics.... Does the open space in the dial remind anyone of the Joker's smile? Should we call this watch the Joker? I jest..... Hats off to JLC--absolutely incredible timepiece. thanks for an amazing review!!!

nt

in the full moon, at 9 o'clock in the moon dial?

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Hi,

The moon disc shows the phase of the moon in the north, while the hand on the left shows the moon phase in the southern hemisphere.

So S is for south!

Cheers

Dje

so I had to ask

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nt

Nice write up of a great watch. However, I must say that I like the normal Duometre more as it is purer. On the other hand, I understand that for someone who already has a Duometre this would make sense as an addition.

Br,
Dirk

Hi,

If I had to choose between getting a Duometre a Chronographe or a Duometre a Quantieme Lunaire, I wouldn't know what to do.

Getting both would be great.

Cheers

Dje

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nt

I am not fully in love with this Duo QL at first sight.  I am dazzled by the technical features, the hacking feature and its brilliant execution, the perpetually running foudroyante, the equal balance of the moonphase and the time subdials, and the overall dial layout.  I regret that there is a corrector for the moonphase somewhere between 11 and 12 o"clock.  I a not a fan of such correctors in general, as I think they mar the case.  The moonphase disk itself is not impressive.  Thanks to Mostel, I am now spoiled by the sculptured VC moonphase.  To be fair, let's see how the actual non-prototype version looks.  I am also not in favor of the apertures.  I would love to see a version of this watch without the two PR apertures even though, as Jerome and Nicolas rightly point out, there is in fact something to see through these apertures.

But this is a beautiful complicated watch to think about.  I think the design and concept is very coherent and strong.  As I mentioned above, I personally have some questions about the final execution, but they may be minor ones after thinkkng more about this watch. 

In any case, it is an extraordinary realease by JLC and it is wonderful to see how the Duometre line unfolds.

respo

i have to say that IMVHO you cant improve on perfection and the original Duometre Chronograph is and was perfect. it was superbly balanced to look at and intuitive to use in the few minutes i had to play with it. this new Duometre is very nice, but not as well balanced, harder to read and the 1/6th second dial is superfluous IMO. i'm sure its going to be an excellent seller, but the original looks the best.

graham

Hi Graham,

I keep loving even more the original Duometre, but I'd love to help them sell a Quantieme Lunaire!

Cheers

Dje

nt

for this great review.....

From what i understand from your commends....
This duometre seems to be an improvement from the previous model in terms of accuracy... is it true??
granted, when the chrono operates it takes away from timekeeping.. but what when the chrono does not operate?

As far as the dial is concerned... certainly a very interesting one but I do prefer the first duometre....
But to be fair I would like to see this one in metal.........

Thanks again for the review... although I was expecting it form Nico...

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the new dupometre is superior to the chronograph since it is more accurate......

As far as what I was expecting from you.... a patek review.....
However you did a great job with this one...

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Hi,

We'll have other Patek Philippe reviews, but I still did more JLC reviews and JLC is still one of my four favourite brands (no ranking among these four).

JLC is also the brand I've more experienced myself.

Cheers

Dje

the four?

As far as my original remark it was due to the fact that you are the PP moderator....



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Hi,

I understood your remark but as I've been a JLC forum moderator for 3 years and a half......

My four favourite brands are: JLC, PP, GP, Lange!

My four favourite brands have not always been exactly these ones (and obviously there are others I appreciate like for instance Cartier, DR, or some independants) , but as for the recent years, here they are!

Cheers

Dje

In the YG model, is the dial going to be the same antique white as in the Duometre chronograph? I immediately fell in love with the YG DC and think that it is an awesome combination. I hope the combination continues as my DC is in desperate need of a companion.

All the best,

Mitch

Hi Mitch,

Congratulations for your Duometre!

Honestly my SIHH was definitely too short this year. As for the precise nuance of colour of the dial I can't answer yet.

The press file says "eggshell" for the yellow gold version and it was indicated the same for the yellow gold Duometre a Chronographe  but I don't know if that's the same colour.

Cheers

Dje


This message has been edited by Dje on 2010-01-26 05:35:58

when it is released and coming in my direction!

Best regards,

Mitch

nt

a great report, Jerome. Quite a surprising followup to the Duometre Chronographe but I suppose a dual time is just too obvious.

I really like the details and like you, not a fan of cutouts but this one works well, just like the ones on the Sonnerie. A disappointment to me is that the Duometre series could have been clearly differentiated from say, the Master series, by higher technical specs and finish. In this case, the moon accuracy, even if it does not tap on the 122-year Lange moon accuracy, should at least be good for the usual recommended service period of 5 years. 3 years just seems like they didnt try very hard to excel. (Again, this 'complaint' may be due to my(our?) high expectations for the Manufacture!)
PS, just recalled that the new Lange 1815 moonphase has a crazy accuracy of 1,000+ years. That's striving for excellence (or irrelevant benchmarks, depending on your perspective.) This message has been edited by damien on 2010-01-26 08:14:13

Hi Damien,

Thank you for your comments.

In fact the Duometre has a higher finish than the Master line.

Regarding technical specs I agree with you. Still there are several ways to show the moon phase but you can't just decide to have X years before you get a day of deviation. Depending on the way you choose it's fixed. I'm no expert in moon phase so can't comment more. I would have loved to have a longer "accuracy" period but I could do with this one.

Cheers

Dje