Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor GMT Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/jaeger-lecoultre/#watches The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor GMT splits the difference between high horology and deep diving. With a pedigree born of JLC's watchmaking mastery and a profile that screams "sports watch," this is a watch equally at home in a business suit or bathing suit. And with its 100-meter water resistance rating, the 18-karat rose gold Master Compressor GMT ensures that for those who do choose to take the plunge, "sunken treasure" will be found on the wrist, not the seabed. Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Compressor GMT is a watershed model in the company's 182-year history. Although JLC heritage boasts such collectible sports watch classics as the 1959 Deepsea Alarm and 1965-70 Polaris, the Le Sentier manufacture was bereft of a true sports model from the late 1970s until the early 2000s. With the debut of the first Master Compressor Memovox in 2002, this catalog vacancy was filled. Shortly thereafter, Jaeger-LeCoultre upped the ante with the Master Compressor GMT. The Master Compressor GMT features the robust 41.5mm case of its companions in the JLC Compressor line, and the GMT shares their clever Compressor Key water resistance device. One half-turn of the Compressor Key's flanking wings unlocks the crown for winding and setting of the GMT's date and twin time zones. The crown can be secured against water intrusion with the same effortless half-twist. Not only does the Compressor Key system reduce wear and tear on