tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post8582213927673681520..comments2023-10-28T16:19:03.475+02:00Comments on KronosBlog: Good god... a year already!KronosClubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309926854678098054noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-60386448291799734712010-01-23T17:49:27.972+01:002010-01-23T17:49:27.972+01:00D. just can't wait to see your comments on SIH...D. just can't wait to see your comments on SIHH novelties!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-7348761142211120762010-01-23T17:48:18.187+01:002010-01-23T17:48:18.187+01:00D, just can't wait to see last SIHH novelties!...D, just can't wait to see last SIHH novelties! when will be they posted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-88281750517916935162010-01-18T21:40:35.317+01:002010-01-18T21:40:35.317+01:00Hi D, really looking forward to your observations...Hi D, really looking forward to your observations from the coal face. Can all those egos really squeeze in that little biddy hall? Let us know. ;-)<br /><br />Hi Anonymous, great insight. LEs, yep! And for me meaningless co-branding cross-promo nonsense.....<br /><br />Good trip D,<br /><br />VVelociphilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896736108085752668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-89475130045749856432010-01-17T20:12:02.858+01:002010-01-17T20:12:02.858+01:00I totally agree with respect to limited editions.....I totally agree with respect to limited editions...and I have learned my own lesson with respect to the prototypes and 'limited editions'...<br /><br />I have written JLC to vent my disappointment, and I know others have, as well. Let's see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-7327739540272341922010-01-17T19:20:07.239+01:002010-01-17T19:20:07.239+01:00Yes, Limited Editions have to stop or at least be ...Yes, Limited Editions have to stop or at least be "really" limited. In the case of AP and looking at their yearly production Limited to me would be 50, tops 100 pieces. Not 1.250!!! Limited Editions would be one or two, even three per year. Not nine!!!<br /><br />In the case of the NSA I reckon the situations has become a headache for Jaeger and you can be certain that it will not happen again. It is because of things like that that generally they are very reluctant to show prototypes to customers. After this I doubt there will be much of these going around.<br /><br />Personally I hate to see protos. Why? Because two things might happen. One, things can change. Two, prototypes are generally a rough copy and look REALY poor to make a purchasing decision.KronosClubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309926854678098054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-10758030989094326092010-01-17T18:12:41.070+01:002010-01-17T18:12:41.070+01:00...and I can see that I forgot a crucial word in m......and I can see that I forgot a crucial word in my last paragraph...It should read as follows:<br /><br />'... I sincerely hope that these all together four limited editions (the original was a LE as well) are _NOT_ examples of JLC's future approach to LE's. This is almost like AP and their innumerable variations of the Royal Oak.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-86202582939346091132010-01-17T18:10:22.045+01:002010-01-17T18:10:22.045+01:00Thanks for your extra insights. I guess it shows t...Thanks for your extra insights. I guess it shows that there are a number of variations of the story. I am trying to tell it based on my experience in ordering and receiving the NSA.<br /><br />I still feel disappointed - not about the watch itself, which is indeed great - but about the way JLC moved away from the 'promise' made by the protoype and then subsequently were able/willing to produce something very, very much like the prototype for the the limited editions.<br /><br />And then back to your original point about limited editions. I sincerely hope that these all together four limited editions (the original was a LE as well) are examples of JLC's future approach to LE's. This is almost like AP and their innumerable variations of the Royal Oak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-3487898392169749852010-01-17T15:47:03.665+01:002010-01-17T15:47:03.665+01:00Well the matter of the etched logo on the glass wa...Well the matter of the etched logo on the glass was never a mater of being feasible or not. It was a matter of choice. The choice between having anti-glare coating on the inside of the glass or not. What never was feasible, and still is not feasible, is to have both.<br /><br />So the choice was to go with the anti-glare on the inside. Who made the choice? I suspect that it was put on the table and "some" people, not necessarily from the factory might have suggested for the anti-glare coating and swayed the vote in that favor.<br /><br />As to the Madrid edition, this was not an idea of Jaeger to make them like this. It was a request (that your dealer could have made as well...) to forfeit the anti-glare in order to get the brand on the glass. It was also only made for 10 people that later became 30 and was never meant to become public in the first place. The Beverly Hills is indeed I think a letdown since they should have followed the general piece.<br /><br />In any case the NAVY SEALS ALARM is a very nice piece regardless of where the brand is located.KronosClubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309926854678098054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22540329.post-2630351602209551862010-01-17T14:10:11.787+01:002010-01-17T14:10:11.787+01:00Good point about 'Limited Editions'. I hav...Good point about 'Limited Editions'. I have just been hit by one of these courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre. The very brief story: JLC showed me the prototype of the Navy Seals Alarm. It included the JLC logo etched in the sapphire glass. When I came to pick up my watch, the etching had been replaced by a more normal logo on the alarm disc. Explanation: For technical reasons it was not possible to etch. Two to three months later three different limited editions were introduced - one in Madrid, two in Beverly Hills. ALL of them with the logo etched into the sapphire glass. Apparently, it had become technically possible...<br />Needless to say, I am disappointed. And I can't help but think that the etching switch was planned all the way as they realised that it could help distinguish the 'Limited Editions' - without worrying that their 'promise' to the JLC fans was thus broken. That is - in my eyes - going too far in order to do 'Limited Editions'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com