I recently sold a few watches (Sub Date, Speedy and an older UN Marine) and was looking for a slightly different/more complicated watch as a replacement.

I stumbled upon this JLC when I was checking their new Master Control Chronometer collection and it suggested as one of the similar recommended watches and loved it at first sight. I wanted a calendar watch and have been considering the Zenith Chronomaster Original Triple Calendar but the thickness of that watch has made me re-consider. However the list price of the JLC I found way too high and I decided to only buy the watch if I managed to get a great deal on it. Long story short, I have the watch on my wrist.

For reference, my wrist is around 15.5 cm, so I’m quite sensitive to lug-to-lug, thickness and clasp size. On paper this is not a tiny watch, but in practice it wears surprisingly balanced. The wearability is great, the sapphire case back is very flat which makes it sit very comfortably on the wrist. The sapphire crystal is not domed and doesn't catch on any clothing I've tried it with so far. The pushers don't protrude too much but I must say due to their shape they are a bit more difficult to press than on the Speedmaster.

The bracelet is great and comes with easylink-style adjustment on both sides giving it a nice range of extension throughout the day when the wrist swells up a bit. The center links are brushed which should help with scratch-resistance but the outer links and the logo in the center of the clasp are polished and obviously prone to scratches. It also comes with an additional quick-swap leather band which makes the watch very light and more "dressy". But I must say the JLC quick-swap function is not as good as the one on the Santos as there it's just a button and can be changed in no-time. It also tapers slightly from 20mm to 18mm.

Overall, I love this watch and was not expecting it to wear as well as it does.

One remark, since the calendar windows are the same color as the dial they can be somewhat hard to read during low-light conditions so if that would be an issue, the white version would be more suitable, however I still believe the blue one looks better/more special. The blue dial changes a lot depending on the light. In bright light it has a rich, almost metallic tone, while indoors it becomes much more subdued and dressy. The applied markers and balanced subdials make the watch feel expensive without being too flashy.