u/_WinterBoy_

Hi everyone,

I’m not sure if this is more of a question, a discussion, or just me thinking out loud, but there is something about JLC that I personally still don’t fully understand.

Financially, I’m in a position where I can’t really think about Rolex or higher-end watch brands without it having a serious impact on my budget. Omega has been the top of what I could realistically reach so far, and my current grail watch is the Omega Globemaster, which I own.

For a long time, I’ve been interested in JLC as the “watchmaker’s watchmaker” — a manufacturer I always saw as being above Omega, and probably above Rolex too, or at least in that same league. Recently, my circumstances have changed a bit, and there is now a possibility, although a very stretched one, of getting a new grail watch: the JLC Polaris 40mm.

I really like the watch, but now that buying it has become a realistic possibility, I’ve started having doubts. The important thing is that I could realistically only keep one of these two watches. In order to fund part of the purchase of the Polaris, I would have to sell the Omega Globemaster.

And when I put things “on paper,” the Omega Globemaster seems to outperform the Polaris and the JLC Calibre 899AB in almost every area that I personally value in a watch.

For me, the Polaris would be a kind of GADA watch. I don’t mean hiking, working on cars, or anything extreme — I don’t do that with my Omega either. But I do cook on an induction stove, use magnets around the house, ride an electric scooter on rough asphalt, and generally live a normal active daily life. These are all ordinary everyday situations, but I get the impression that the JLC might not handle them as confidently as the Omega 8900, or even the Oris Calibre 400, which I also own.

Or maybe I’m wrong?

So, without making this too long: does it really make sense to “replace” an Omega Globemaster with a JLC Polaris 40mm, especially if selling the Omega is necessary to help fund the purchase? Can the JLC realistically serve as a daily GADA watch, or is it more about prestige and brand heritage, while in practice it would need to be taken off the wrist for many normal daily activities?

Pozdrav,

Do sad nisam (iako sam bio svjestan tehnickih "ogranicenja") ovo primjetio ali kako su pocele utakmice bas imam zafrkan problem.

Utakmice gledam u dvorištu ako i okolne komšije. Oni su svi razvulki sebi kablove i ustekali mojatv STB a ja htio da to estetski bude pa kupio moveTV paket da gledam preko wifija i bez kablova.

Ali ljudi moji imam problem jer kod mene nisu ni krenuli u napad a komsija vec puca iz sveg oruzija. E sad jel moze ista uraditi povodm toga ili je jednostavno to ogranicenje tehnicke prirode.

U normalnim okolnostima ovo nije problem, jer 40 sekundi mi ne znaci nista ali kad igra BiH bas je smjesno kad svi slave a ja jos cekam da izvedu aut.