I have watch envy. I mentioned a few weeks ago that my buddy was entering the market for a fancy watch. He’s already pulled the trigger. Although I was recommending an IWC Portuguese (below), he’s opted for the modern, refined Jaeger LeCoultre Master Hometime, in stainless steel with a brown leather strap. I’ll leave it to him to leave comments on the features and what makes it distinctive. Some beautiful photos of the watch are on the MinuteMachines Web site.
Congratulations, Jorge!
The runner up (IWC Portuguese Automatic in 18 ct. gold with brown crocodile leather strap):
And a parting quote to celebrate this purchase:
Too much time on my hands, its ticking away at my sanity
Ive got too much time on my hands, its hard to believe such a calamity
Ive got too much time on my hands and its ticking away from meStyx, “Too Much Time on My Hands”
Stunning watch. Love the separate seconds dial, and especially love those two blue hands! Reminds me of a watch I used to love, and that I still think is beautiful, the Chronoswiss Orea; check it out here:
http://www.timezone.com/library/tmachine/tmachine631687693268009487
I’ve been wearing this watch for nearly two weeks now. I love it more than the day I bought it.
JSK’s description is correct. I bought it for the under-stated, refined styling. But, it also fits my life. Being a frequent traveler, this watch displays multiple time zones: a “hometime” (thus the name), which never changes, and the local time.
The hometime is always shown by the blue hand (mine’s actually black), which hides unseen under the primary hour hand while you’re in your home time zone. The display in the upper left shows whether the hometime is day or night. Additionally, the primary hour hand can be advanced by itself hour by hour instead of having to move the minute hand a complete revolution for each hour. A small convenience, but one I find very satisfying.
I also used to be partial to black leather straps, but I find the brown is much more versatile except perhaps for the odd formal function. Guess that means I should continue to keep my eye on the IWC, JSK!
Thanks for the explanation. Beautiful watch, but I couldn’t figure out how the hands operated. Perfect for you, jet-setter that you are.
hi,
That’s a lovely watch. It is so beautiful.
and it is designed so well. Its cute design
is eye catching. Would love to have one. That
silver color and brown leather strap make a good
color combination.