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 Post subject: new watch (JLC related)
PostPosted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:45 pm 
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crappy point and shoot pics

great value for the complications imo (perpetual calendar and alarm)

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next to the master compressor chrono

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Now that's a nice piece, congrats! Makes a great pair with the MC. :thumbsup:
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Wow, that's a beauty!
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WOW!! Will you get us some clear pics...Would love to see them. Wear it in good health!

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oooooh...right along side one of my favorite watches, the master compressor chrono. Youve got a couple of beauties there!

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Nice set of complications - perpetual alarms make a lot of sense to me.
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Beautiful watches.

I have a dumb question though, how does the alarm work?

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roman4405 wrote:
how does the alarm work?


If you mean operationally, just like you would expect - you set the time and then turn it on. If you mean mechnaically then there is a separate spring that drives a mechanism to engage a hammer with a piece of metal that runs around the inside of the case and acts like a gong.
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Roffensian wrote:
roman4405 wrote:
how does the alarm work?


If you mean operationally, just like you would expect - you set the time and then turn it on. If you mean mechnaically then there is a separate spring that drives a mechanism to engage a hammer with a piece of metal that runs around the inside of the case and acts like a gong.


Yeah, I was talking about the physical operation of it. That's pretty cool, I always wondered how it worked on an auto. Thanks.

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roman4405 wrote:
Roffensian wrote:
roman4405 wrote:
how does the alarm work?


If you mean operationally, just like you would expect - you set the time and then turn it on. If you mean mechnaically then there is a separate spring that drives a mechanism to engage a hammer with a piece of metal that runs around the inside of the case and acts like a gong.


Yeah, I was talking about the physical operation of it. That's pretty cool, I always wondered how it worked on an auto. Thanks.


I love watching the hammers hit the "gong"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jppkEiVi ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpt_0bNp ... re=related

There are several more of course, all doing the same thing, often very differently...

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That's one of my favorite watches- the Master Control Grand Reveil. It's also one of the larger JLC's one can find . . . 43mm I believe. My only complaint is that it does not have a display caseback, which I'm fairly certain is due the the alarm function. It's a stunning watch nonetheless.

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thanks for the comments boys.. in regards to the alarm complication, it's a separate manual wind mechanism activated by the top crown.

it is indeed 43mm and 16mm thick. in terms of weight, thickness and diameter it feels _almost_ like a ling :)
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bozman52 wrote:
.....which I'm fairly certain is due the the alarm function.


Correct, the case has to act to amplify the alarm and sapphire would hurt that.
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I forgot to mention it in my first post, but Jay Leno wears a gold grand reveil.

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That Grand Reviel is fantastic! the best value for money in high end complications bar none in my opinion! Did you buy it new or second hand?

I must admit I am not too crazy about the styling, but the finish, movement, and value are superb!

A final note, there are significantely larger JLCs than the 43mm case, such as the 46MM Extreme W Alarm and Chrono.

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