After a few days of "living" with the concept of this watch I am firmly in the camp of loving it.
As is so often the case with extreme, sports, and concept watches (and this one is all three), I personally do not get the RG version at all, however handsome it is. The titanium version is the appropriate one for a watch like this, IMHO, especially when the titaniuam version actually affords a couple of technical advantages that seem integral to the concept of the watch overall.
I feel that the third and shortest central hand, which I believe indicates the second time zone hour, could have been eliminated to clean up the "dial" somewhat since the second time zone is also indicated with the small 24-hour subdial at 6 o'clock. But that is a pretty small point. I continue to find this kind of indication for the second timezone redundant, and in the case of this watch it might be beneficial to simplify the face a little bit.
I wonder why this watch is considered a Compressor-line model. Is it because the seal for the crown is permanently compressed, whereas in other Compressor models one has to turn the Compressor key to compress the seal? Is it because it is the "son" of the Extreme LAB Compressor, so it automatically inherits the title...? I just wonder. Perhaps it is just a different take on te idea of compression since the crown is neever to be pulled out but rather alays compressed. Has JLC yet explained why this is a Compressor-line watch?
That said, I don't actually mind the word "Compressor" on the ceramic bezel -- I think it adds balance to the writing on the bezel at 6 o'clock. I would like to see the words "radial power reserve" removed from the watch's face, however, again to clean it up a little.
I agree with you that this extreme concept sports watch seems to have set the gold standard of this kind of watch.
Thanks again for posting this great introduction. I am salivating on my keyboard.
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