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hey everyone,

thinking about getting either a jlc master control (40mm) for about 3.5K or a blancpain leman grand date or the villaret big date (also 40mm) for about 5K. anyone have any opinions on either watch? which is "better" or at least a better bang for the buck? any thoughts would be appreciated.

jason

If You want to collect the watch and put it into a displaycase, buy the Blancpain, if You want to wear it, get the JLC.

There is a saying: Never sell a Blancpain to a repetitive customer, You will lose him. They make a lot of service trouble.

Best greetings
Thomas

Now I understand why it's a Blancpain Lemon....

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Navitimer World, Evo, Blacksteel, Avenger
Loads of Panerai
Submariner Date, GMT Master llc

hahaha, really? learn something new everyday.

i've only been seriously looking at watches for the last couple of months, so i'm slowly expanding my horizons. i didn't know blancpains were that troublesome. what kind of problems do they typically have?

well i am looking for something i could wear a couple of times a week to rotate with my chrono evo and possibly a second breitling i might be buying behind my loving wife's back (shh . . . )

thanks for the advice, i'll have to do some more research.

Try a Panerai....

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Navitimer World, Evo, Blacksteel, Avenger
Loads of Panerai
Submariner Date, GMT Master llc

hmm possibly later, at first i was very much in the lingman camp, but the more i look at them the more appealing they look. but right now i'm deciding between the blancpain and jlc, and a bentley 6.75/motors/motors t or possibly one of the navitimers. so much to buy, so little money haha.

I understand the problem! I still can't decide whether or not to sell my 6.75...

This is what I'm wearing today



It's kinda nice to know there are only 399 others like it in the world...makes it rather special to me!

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Navitimer World, Evo, Blacksteel, Avenger
Loads of Panerai
Submariner Date, GMT Master llc

PS - no, the picture isn't backwards - it's a left handed version, originally made for Italian Navy frogmen as they wore their depth gauges on the left wrist...cunning these Italians

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Navitimer World, Evo, Blacksteel, Avenger
Loads of Panerai
Submariner Date, GMT Master llc

that is a beautiful watch, the left-handed crown is pretty awesome. decisions, decisions. let me know if you plan on selling the 6.75. i tried looking for one at an ad in korea, but they are completely sold out. not just the ad, the entire country, not a single one left . . .

The big problem on Blancpain are the very fine movements. To make them extra thin, they work with extremely fine parts. So they are prone to damage.