Referencing the Q3523570, this JLC Rendez-Vous Dazzling Moon Q3523570 clone brings the Dazzling Moon into the Rendez-Vous collection in 18k white gold. The white mother-of-pearl dial pairs a moon phase at six o’clock with rhodium floral numerals and a closed ring of small brilliants around the centre, while two rows of large claw-set stones run around the bezel and carry on over the lugs. Jaeger-LeCoultre designed the Dazzling Moon to occupy the top tier of the Rendez-Vous range, and the Q3523570 delivers on that positioning with a level of surface detail that simpler references in the line cannot match.

Key Specifications

• Case material: 18k white gold, two rows of claw-set brilliants on bezel and lugs
• Dial: white mother-of-pearl, rhodium floral numerals, diamond-set inner ring
• Complication: moon phase at 6 o’clock
• Crystal: sapphire
• Functions: hours, minutes, moon phase
• Strap: blue alligator leather, white gold pin buckle
• Movement: clone Cal. 925B/1, automatic, 28,800 vph

The window shows a pale moon disc against a midnight blue sky scattered with small stars, with a fluted white segment masking the lower edge. The disc rotates once every 29.5 days, tracking the synodic month with accuracy that requires correction only once every several years.

Design & Finishing

Diamonds appear in two zones on the Q3523570: around the case and around the centre of the dial. The case stones sit in two rows of different sizes, held in claw settings that carry on across the lugs, while the dial ring is a continuous circle of small brilliants with no break at the hour positions. Together they add reflective surface without crowding the moon phase in the lower half of the dial. Compare this against the Dazzling Night Day Q3432570, which is sold as a day-night watch but is photographed with the same moon phase and the same two rows of claw-set stone, in pink gold rather than white. Both sit in the upper tier of the Rendez-Vous catalog, and choosing between them comes down to the metal and the colour of the numerals.

On the Wrist

The diamond-set bezel adds sparkle at every angle, making this a piece that performs under evening lighting as well as daylight. It is not a subtle watch. The Q3523570 is built to be noticed, and the moon phase at six o’clock gives anyone across the table a conversation starter. This JLC Rendez-Vous Dazzling Moon Q3523570 clone sits at the decorated end of the collection: 36mm of white gold, a mother-of-pearl dial, and a moon phase carried under two rows of stone.

Strip away the claw-set stones and the mother-of-pearl and the dial architecture is shared with the simpler Rendez-Vous references, floral numerals and six o’clock window included. Whether the decorated tier earns its premium is weighed up in the case for paying more on a JLC clone.

Specifications

The Rendez-Vous Dazzling Moon, reference Q3523570, is the 36mm white gold version, and its moon window is roughly four times the area of the day and night aperture used elsewhere in the collection.

• Model: Rendez-Vous Dazzling Moon
• Reference: Q3523570
• Case: 18k white gold, two rows of claw-set brilliants on bezel and lugs
• Case size: 36 mm
• Dial: white mother-of-pearl, rhodium floral numerals, diamond-set inner ring
• Complications: moon phase at 6 o’clock
• Movement: clone Cal. 925B/1, automatic, 28,800 vph
• Power reserve: 35 hours (genuine Cal. 925B/1: 38 hours)
• Water resistance: 30 m (same as genuine)
• Crystal: sapphire, sapphire display back
• Strap: blue alligator leather, white gold pin buckle