It's a bit a narrow view to believe JLC of today has a very different focus or has parted ways.. The multi-axis tourbillons were introduced in 2004, and there has been one or the other in production since the last 20 years. You could label them oligarch watch design, or more positively as halo-watch
I do find the new Duometre offering attractive and a nice re-take on the double barrel complication movement. The one-line one-case motto isn't exactly a secular tradition. In fact most movement lines historically have had different cases to fit the style of the day (think Memovox in its multiple it
Indeed I used to have the exact same one (aka the 'normal' one), which is now gone, but I also currently have a different dial version, without the big 12, with a dressier dial. I have never posted a picture / don't have a picture of it actually, but I should try to fix that as it is quite interesti
Then you don't have consistency anymore between movement serial number range and case serial number right ? Also I believe there is a serial number range correct with the cross-hair dial. I guess this is not too much of a problem since this the JLC collectors world (in the Rolex world that would be
Whoever printed this dial made a pretty bad job qualitywise, and took obvious inspiration in the dial design of the Dunhill E855, which (as it should) didn't have any 'cut 3' nor colliding date window outline. (and also had specific hands that were quite aligned stylewise with the Breguet numerals)
Since she is his direct report, I am assuming they must be sharing their vision as to where the brand is heading and have been talking about it over the last 5 years.
It's funny to see that most enthusiast JLC collectors from these years have them in their bookshelf (myself included), while we frequently see two or three still in their plastic wrapping (again, also guilty here ;-) ). These were really big and heavy, mostly filled with side artistry and craftmaste