It's almost as if Jaeger has officially opened "hostilities" with their new Tourbillon. There is nothing special about it except the price and that it's a Jaeger. Usually, in-house tourbillons from high-end manufacturers cost around 150k... this one is around the 35k mark. Quiet a first, if you ask me, and a very polemical move since the Swiss watch industry is very protective about their top of the line movements (yes, I know there are three kinds/levels of Tourbillons...). Incidentally this protectiveness will inevitably be their downfall since those inflated prices are causing "outsiders" to make movements such as these at a fraction of the cost, but that is another story... With developments such as this it becomes more and more difficult to justify the prices of most other Tourbillons out there. Why would you pay that much money for a piece'o crap Channel Tourbillon?.. unless you are a complete idiot of course. Don't be surprised to see more of these Tourbillons at this price range next year at the Geneva/Basel fairs next year. Jaeger could very well be responsible for bringing this wonderful movement a little closer to many that could not even think of owning a tourbillon, ever. For that, hats off to you Jaeger.Even though I am glad that Jaeger had the guts to come out with this I must admit that I feel as if they did not go all the way. There are many boring looking Tourbillons in the market out there, this one looks like nothing new. A Compressor Tourbillon or even an AMVOX3 would have been a much bolder move. Maybe next year...
Jaeger leCoultre...
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Maybe not bold enough design, but is there a technically better tourbillon in the market now? With an 11.5 mgcm2 balance doing 4Hzm it kicks Richard Mille's butt with 2.7 times the balance power.
Yes, I completely agree but my objection is on the outside and not on the inside.
I feel that they did not dress this baby up they way they should have. Being such a great piece of hardware they could have made more of an effort finishing it, darn! They way it's "packaged" now simply does not convey how special this really is. What makes things worse is that at that price this Jaeger will be looked at as a third class Tourbillon, and that is a big mistake. A mistake that Jaeger "might" have made.
Why am I so pissed? Easy. Because if this watch/venture does not sell, then it's unlikely Jaeger will continue doing and developing Tourbillons at this price range (or even lower). If it does not sell there is no point in making more of them. Funny, only last night I had a dream about a Squadra with that Tourbillon inside...
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