Jaeger-LeCoultre

In its element, past summer. The Polaris 1965 is one of my favorite vintage JLC. Very hard to find, especially in good condition and original ( be careful to not fall on a re assembled specimen... But it is quite easy to check ), this watch as such an all

The Tribute to Polaris is not only a very good looking watch, with a lot of charm and presence, but it also is a friendly watch, with its alarm, reminding you ( which is very important, especially in these special times ), the moments of a day, meetings,

We have discussed colored dials very often. Blue, of course, Red, sometimes, Green rarely, Grey, lately, but what about Brown? Immediately, when it comes to brown dials, vintage come to mind. Brown because the black dials turned into this color with the "

The rare TT Polaris 1965 in steel, with only 65 pieces, while the platinum version was released in 165 pieces. The dial is very close to the Memovox E 855 Black, in bigger. Less cool than the TT Polaris 1968, but more elegant, probably. Here is a series o

Tomorrow, I will show yo another " impossible choice ", but for now, let's see these two Polaris. Same case, different case back, different dials. The dials make a big difference, giving them their own personality. The 1965 is more elegant, while the 1968

I am curious to see how many Polaris owners we are, and what kind of Polaris we have. I will start with mines: Original: Polaris 1965: Polaris 1968: Polaris II Ref E 870: And... Tribute to Polaris 1965: Tribute to Polaris 1968: For the moment, no Polaris

A long time I didn't play with this Tribute to Polaris 1965 Steel, Paris Boutique Edition. It is such a great watch for several reasons: It is a Black Memovox, and black Memovoxes are among the most desirable. It is a Polaris, which means a legend. It is

A Lecoultre Polaris Reference E 859 " Memodate " will soon be auctioned by Phillips. It is the opportunity to remind some facts. The Polaris E 859 certainly is a rare watch, with only 50 prototypes made in 1963 ( not issued, just prototypes ), 500 watches

In 2009, I think I had the pinnacle of my JLC collection, Gyrotourbillon apart, among the modern watches from this brand. I owned the Master Minute Repeater Titanium, the Master 8 Days Perpetual Skeleton Platinum, the Duomètre à Chronographe in Platinum,

A rare bird, which doesn't have much wrist time, sadly, but love is still here for this unusual Tribute To Polaris, which has the particularity to be rarer in steel than in platinum ( 165 pieces in platinum, if my memory serves me well ). The only issue o