Jaeger LeCoultre - opinions

Annapolis

Horologically… Somewhere above Rolex/Omega and somewhere below Patek/Lange.

Their sportier watches don’t do anything for me, but as a maker of luxury dress watches, they’re the best you can do (imo) for under 15k US. Gorgeous, clean designs, brilliant integration of complications on the dial, and superb movement finishing. (There’s a reason other brands like Patek would have JLC make movements for them.)

They don’t get hyped like other brands—definitely one for those who know what they’re talking about, not those led around by social media.

Dimitar Adamski

Good morning,

Where do you put the brand?

I always liked the Reverso, it didn`t work for me in person - I just didn`t like it as a size and shape on my wirst ,however my wife is happy with her quartz one and now I am browsing the more affordable Master controls from mid `00s with the annual calendar and 37mm case.

Where do you put the JLC brand based on execution, quality and finish amongst the rest?
A photo of the model that caught my eye.Not my photo, taken from the web.

gbesq

Sometimes, an understated design can be very elegant.

Olympia

Love it - thank‘s to my friend C. for other strap

gbesq

Sometimes, an understated design can be very elegant.

Annapolis

Not that this should determine anything, but for those who might care, I sense that JLC is a good brand for men looking to purchase watches that women will admire. I say this based on extensive research using a data sample-size of 1.

My wife, inasmuch as she can be bothered to think about watches at all (she doesn't wear one, or really any jewelry, for that matter), sees Omegas as 'boys' watches'---lots of steel and black and bezels and tool-ish complications, and emphases on space and auto racing and deep-sea diving. It is all indeed very little boy playing with his vroom-vroom toys kinda stuff. Not to say she doesn't appreciate some of the brand's dressier pieces, but even those I think she finds ungainly.

She'd much prefer I wear something simple from JLC, like what @gbesq posted above: thin, leather strap, white dial, stick markers, single sub-dial. It's still masculine (whatever that means), but it just exudes taste and class and elegance.

MtnMarine

I really respect JLC. I have been considering getting a Black Polaris for my upcoming 40th Bday. I feel like they really are a good value for the money right now, and I've never seen one in the wild. They seem to be in class above Rolex and Omega, in my opinion.