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Jaeger LeCoultre Special Event at the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique: Part 1
Jaeger LeCoultre and PuristSPro welcomes
Nicolas Fondaneche aka 'amanico' to the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique to
preview the new collection for 2013, including the stunning JLC Master
Ultra Thin Perpetual 39 and the Duometer UTT Unique Travel
Time.
For this occasion,
we were all honored to have Yves Meylan, International Retail Director
at Jaeger LeCoultre; Philippe Bonay, North America President Jaeger
LeCoultre; and the lovely Sara R, National Sales Trainer Jaeger
LeCoultre, join us for this special event. Of course
we were hosted by the wonderful staff at the JLC Beverly
HIlls Boutique lead by always friendly Nicola
B.
We arrived a few minutes early, but quickly joined by several guests who were welcomed in from the thunderstorms we were experiencing the past two days. Luckily the weather cooperated during the evening. We have both familiar faces from the PuristS community along with plenty of new faces. We even had several PuristS fly in from Northern California to view the new watches!
It's always fun to visit the boutique and they brought out a range of watches for us to enjoy (more on this later).
We have Nicolas proudly showing off his travel companion, the JLC Duometre UTT. I've been following his post over the past week and finally got a closer hands-on look at this gorgeous watch. It was great to see Nicolas again too!
Mr. Meylan speaking with our guests
This was fantastic to see, we have several JLC Master Minute Repeaters on PuristS wrists and compared the various versions.
A close up wristshot of the original version of the titanium JLC Master Minute Repeater:
The JLC Reverso was another popular model including a limited edition blue dial version (more on this in part 2) and we have Nicola showing this:
Mr. Bonay and Meylan having a great time mingling with the guests
It was great to see Gullermo, I still remember having the pleasure of interviewing him when JLC debuted the Grande Reverso 976 Ceniceros Edition
Next is part 2 with the JLC watches!
Regards,
ED-209
This message has been edited by ED209 on 2013-03-09 12:31:16 This message has been edited by amanico on 2013-03-12 00:06:25
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Jaeger LeCoultre Special Event at the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique: Part 1
Jaeger LeCoultre and PuristSPro welcomes Nicolas Fondaneche aka 'amanico' to the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique to preview the new collection for 2013, including the stunning JLC Master Ultra Thin Perpetual 39 and the Duometer UTT Unique Travel Time. For this...
Great job, Ed. Can't believe you took the time to work on your pictures and text as fast!
It was really great to share some quality time with you and all the So Cal Gang. I think we had a blast. Thank you. Best, Nicolas
Thanks Nicolas, it was great to see you!
More pics and video coming up :) Regards, ED-209
Jaeger LeCoultre Special Event at the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique: Part 2 - WATCHES
For the past week, JLC fans on Puris tS Pro have been f oll owing amanc o' s travel po st with the new Duometre UTT. We start of f the week in Paris, Please click here for amanico's Paris post then as he prepares for the trip, Please click here for amanic...
Jaeger LeCoultre Special Event at the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique: Part 3: VIDEO welcome
Our evening resumed in a private rooftop dining room at the Montage Hotel. Philipp e Bonay, JLC North America President and Yves Meylan, JLC International Retail Director welcomes our guests before the start of our dinner . Both were informati ve and also...
Excellent, my friend. I can witness that Philippe and Yves have a great sense of humour.
After having spent 5 days with them... ;) Best, and opnce again, thanks for your work. Nicolas
Sounds like you all had an exciting driving trip
Hi Nicolas, Glad you all didn't get lost on the way to Vegas LOL....Now hopefully you had an 'incident' with US Customs on the way back with the two watches :) Call Maggie LOL Regards, ED-209
LOL, unfortunately, Yves Meylan is with me, so I can't tell him
The Duometre UTT is at the Customs. :) Best, my friend. Nicolas.
Nice informative video, indeed, ED-209.
Shows the Grande Maison has high expectations for the MUT PC in SS. I bet it will be a success! Thank you for sharing it! Marcelo
The MUT is an exciting piece
Thanks marcelo for reading the event post and watching the video. I agree, JLC is doing some great things and the MUT PC SS is an exciting piece that I'm sure will be successful. Which did you like better, the Duometre or the MUT PC? If you had a choice, ...
Tough questions, ED-209...
But I like the MUT PC better. I'm deeply impressed by the Duometre, though so captivated by the MUT PC! If I had the choice I'd have to go for the Rose (it is rose, not yellow, right?) Gold, but if money (this mundane detail…) was an issue the SS would ma...
You're right about that
Yep, RG for the MUT PC. I agree, any version would make me happy, and I like the fact that JLC offers the various metals for the range of price points. Regards, ED-209
Jaeger LeCoultre Special Event at the JLC Beverly Hills Boutique: Part 4 Dinner
It's been raining for the past two days in Los Angeles which cleared up the air a bit in the evening. The patio outside our dining room provided a picturesque view of Beverly Hills and the surrounding neighborhood: The wonderful JLC Beverly Hills Boutique...
Thanks to all!
Man, that was quick, Ed! I'm still editing my photos from the first day of SIHH :-) Many thanks to you for this engaging report of what was a great evening. It was fabulous to be with all of the other PuristS and to meet more of the very engaging boutique...
Yes, it is obvious that Philippe loves watches.
We had many passionate discussions,during these few days, and I got the same conviction. Isn't he a Devil? ;) Best, Nicolas
re: thanks
Appreciate you letting me handle and examine that special watch, the engraving is incredible and like I said it's metal sculpting art that is incredible difficult to execute well. Have safe trip back home and hope to see you soon. HAGWE Gary! -MW
LOL, great to see you and thanks
And thanks for letting me seeing your watches as well. It was a fun event and great to see you there. Regards, ED-209
Some shots from the "goodies" table...
I love it when brands bring over their historical watches. I think that this is so important to see, but often overlooked because the brands are so focused on their new line of watches. But I was extremely impressed that Jaeger-LeCoultre brought over thes...
Excellent idea to have shot the UT Pocket watch with the MUT 39 Jubilé, Patrick.
The case of these two watches is THE big part of their interest. Just spectacular. Best, and thanks for your input, my friend. Nicolas
Indeed, Count
They would make a fascinating couple, or perhaps, it may be better said that the MUT 39 is the offspring of the pocket watch. Whatever the case may be, I'm pleased with the case design of the new MUT 39 - an example of good breeding. Always a pleasure to ...
The two JLC pocket watches
Very nice photos Patrick, thanks for sharing these. I was impressed by the ultra thin pocket watch and we able to handle the perpetual too. Regards, ED-209
The JLC HB event was fantastic!
It was so nice to see everyone and to meet so many new faces. Thanks for the report ED-209! -MW
Merci! JLC, Staff at BHB and Nicolas!
Been a busy few days and finally got a chance to put some thoughts together from the great evening that my wife and I had with everyone that attended! It was a long drive on a rainy and rough traffic Friday night. This after dropping off a sick 19month ol...
It was a great night, indeed.
I was really happy to finally meet you in the real, Phil. Watches, Passion, Friendship, and a nice place, what more cold we ask? Needless to say that if you don' t call me when you are in Paris, you will come bzckto the US with two small but very nice hol...
at the risk..
of two holes in my neck...I will gladly comply Nicolas! too bad we didn't have more time to chat... until next time! That MUT39 is looking pretty attractive...
I bet it was worth it
:) Glad you took a chance and fought traffic to make it to the event. Great to see you and your better half LOL. The JLC MUT Perpetual would be perfect on your wrist to celebrate the big 4 0. Regards, ED-209
Thanks for reminding me of my..
BIG 4 0...lol it was nice to see as well..you gotta bring the other (and better half) next time!
Thanks DRMW!
As always, there is never enough time to chat and catch up! next time! and thanks again for everything!
