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The Master Control, a link between the Past and the Present

Here 's a watch we don't often speak about, the Master Control.

The simplest JLC Watch ( after the MUTs, of course ) has certainly a lot of appeal and charm!

It also has an interest, as its predecessor, the Master Grande Taille, was, in 1992, the first to receive the Master Control Label, which is stricter than the COSC.

Extract from the JLC Catalogue:

" For Jaeger-Lecoultre, it is the finished, fully cased-up watch complete with dial and hands which is tested.

The entire watch is tested in six positions, while rotating and when at rest.

It is faced with calculated shocks, and water resistance is tested up to 5 ATM.

It must also stand up to a wide range of temperatures ".

The testing period will last 1000 Hours, so a bit less than 45 Days.

Which is interesting to notice is that the Master Control 1000 Hours is not only reserved to high end watches, or, let's say, watches of a certain price, but ALL the watches who belong to the Master Family, even the more affordable, like the Master Control, or the Master Ultra Thin!

The Heart of this watch ( Cal 899 for the Master Control, Cal 889 for the Master Grande Taille ), is an evocation of another opus from the Manufacture, the Géomatic, and its Chorometer Cal K 881 G / 883 S, in a more modern way, of course, and receiving a better finish.

Here is the Cal 899 of the Master Control:





To be compared to the Cal K 881 G: ( Credit pic: LAO )



A sober watch, and a Classical Beauty:

These Master Grande Taille / Master Control are pure JLC DNA.

A quite thin case, with elegant curves ( even if the lugs and the bezel would be perfect if it borrowed the same esthetic improvements we saw last year with the new Master Home Time ), and a lovely dial, receiving a sunburst finish, applied triangular indexes ( like those seen on the Master Reveil or Master Memovox, for instance ), with these small luminova dots replacing the Géomatic tritium ones, but located at the same place.





The dauphine hands, and the circled window date achieve to give this watch a clean and elegant look.



Are you a Black dial nut?

No problems, here is the version specially made for you, the WG Boutique Edition!



So, the link with the Past, with a certain Tradition is obvious, don't you think?

A last evidence?

Here you go:



The Mother and the Daughter in the same picture...

Hope you'll enjoy!

Best,

Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-03-03 00:08:48 This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-03-07 09:15:57

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