Thanks for your response, I didn't know that a non noisemaker exist and it's also the new lock too?
Juste Un Clou Bracelet (JUC) Discussion
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Thanks for your response, I didn't know that a non noisemaker exist and it's also the new lock too?
Just got mine yesterday I love it soooo much !!!! It's also new lock [emoji359] as well thank you for letting me share 
I think I love it even more than my love bracelet
I think I love it even more than my love bracelet
Thank you!!!! Love is a size 16 and JUC is a size 15 they fit perfectly and still have a little space especially since it's summer time I am a little swollen from the heat. The tighter fit for me is great Bc they don't clink together I just put them a little further up my arm and they stay in place all day [emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️
Hi everyone, I'm more of a lurker on this forum but wanted to share my new white gold JUC!
I'm an asian man in my early thirties with a fit athletic build and have never been into jewelry at all (only wear a watch) but for some reason this bracelet sang to me.
Design-wise, I love its:
-simplicity
-asymmetry, can be worn facing “up” or “down”
-oval shape to fit the wrist anatomy
-how the curve of the bracelet is so seemless and unnoticeable
-the idea that the head/beginning of the nail is attached to the end of itself
I know I’m probably overthinking this but even the shape of the round nail head, slightly protruding below the coil, whilst leaving a small indent on the wrist after prolonged wear, sits so well on inside-aspect in the groove of the ulna bone as to be comfortable and not rotate around the wrist. It just parks there by default and so stays centered.
It feels youthful, fashion-forward and a bit avant-garde for a historical brand like Cartier. The idea of a tool, a nail with its sharp point and requiring the force of a hammer to be used, being converted into nothing more than a piece of jewelry. Maybe it was too fashion-forward for its time in the 70’s? Time will tell if it becomes as iconic as the love bracelet but I'm certainly going to enjoy it now in the present.
I can be dressed up in a suit (just peeking under my sleeve cuff) or in jeans and a polo or T-shirt. I think it will match all colors as well, bright or dark. I was pleasantly surprised with the rhodium plating too, its not too shiny or blingy as I expected, maybe because of its small size.
I had a chance to look at both the new and old lock mechanism and concur that the new mechanism design is just a bit heavier, slightly thicker, and noticeable more “solid” feeling than the old, but you have to hold them together to tell. Unless you’re very partial towards the old mechanism, the newer bracelet seems to feel better and, at least for me, fit my wrist better (I have fairly thick forearm muscles so the rounder shape hugs my wrist better). So, despite the option of buying the discontinued model as other members here did, I bought the new one.
I like the definitive click when I put it on and, unlike previous posts about the new model, my bracelet doesn’t make a sound or noise when I move it on my wrist or tap the nail head. It’s pretty stiff and solid. It requires quite a bit of finger strength to open the mechanism and I’m quite confident it won’t come off; maybe some of the other models that needed exchanges were defective in some way at the clasp.
Anyway, I’m still pretty infatuated with it. Thanks for letting me ramble.
I'm an asian man in my early thirties with a fit athletic build and have never been into jewelry at all (only wear a watch) but for some reason this bracelet sang to me.
Design-wise, I love its:
-simplicity
-asymmetry, can be worn facing “up” or “down”
-oval shape to fit the wrist anatomy
-how the curve of the bracelet is so seemless and unnoticeable
-the idea that the head/beginning of the nail is attached to the end of itself
I know I’m probably overthinking this but even the shape of the round nail head, slightly protruding below the coil, whilst leaving a small indent on the wrist after prolonged wear, sits so well on inside-aspect in the groove of the ulna bone as to be comfortable and not rotate around the wrist. It just parks there by default and so stays centered.
It feels youthful, fashion-forward and a bit avant-garde for a historical brand like Cartier. The idea of a tool, a nail with its sharp point and requiring the force of a hammer to be used, being converted into nothing more than a piece of jewelry. Maybe it was too fashion-forward for its time in the 70’s? Time will tell if it becomes as iconic as the love bracelet but I'm certainly going to enjoy it now in the present.
I can be dressed up in a suit (just peeking under my sleeve cuff) or in jeans and a polo or T-shirt. I think it will match all colors as well, bright or dark. I was pleasantly surprised with the rhodium plating too, its not too shiny or blingy as I expected, maybe because of its small size.
I had a chance to look at both the new and old lock mechanism and concur that the new mechanism design is just a bit heavier, slightly thicker, and noticeable more “solid” feeling than the old, but you have to hold them together to tell. Unless you’re very partial towards the old mechanism, the newer bracelet seems to feel better and, at least for me, fit my wrist better (I have fairly thick forearm muscles so the rounder shape hugs my wrist better). So, despite the option of buying the discontinued model as other members here did, I bought the new one.
I like the definitive click when I put it on and, unlike previous posts about the new model, my bracelet doesn’t make a sound or noise when I move it on my wrist or tap the nail head. It’s pretty stiff and solid. It requires quite a bit of finger strength to open the mechanism and I’m quite confident it won’t come off; maybe some of the other models that needed exchanges were defective in some way at the clasp.
Anyway, I’m still pretty infatuated with it. Thanks for letting me ramble.
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Wonderful thoughts! Very much enjoyed your ramble and think the WG JUC looks fantastic on you
Hi everyone, I'm more of a lurker on this forum but wanted to share my new white gold JUC!
I'm an asian man in my early thirties with a fit athletic build and have never been into jewelry at all (only wear a watch) but for some reason this bracelet sang to me.
Design-wise, I love its:
-simplicity
-asymmetry, can be worn facing “up” or “down”
-oval shape to fit the wrist anatomy
-how the curve of the bracelet is so seemless and unnoticeable
-the idea that the head/beginning of the nail is attached to the end of itself
I know I’m probably overthinking this but even the shape of the round nail head, slightly protruding below the coil, whilst leaving a small indent on the wrist after prolonged wear, sits so well on inside-aspect in the groove of the ulna bone as to be comfortable and not rotate around the wrist. It just parks there by default and so stays centered.
It feels youthful, fashion-forward and a bit avant-garde for a historical brand like Cartier. The idea of a tool, a nail with its sharp point and requiring the force of a hammer to be used, being converted into nothing more than a piece of jewelry. Maybe it was too fashion-forward for its time in the 70’s? Time will tell if it becomes as iconic as the love bracelet but I'm certainly going to enjoy it now in the present.
I can be dressed up in a suit (just peeking under my sleeve cuff) or in jeans and a polo or T-shirt. I think it will match all colors as well, bright or dark. I was pleasantly surprised with the rhodium plating too, its not too shiny or blingy as I expected, maybe because of its small size.
I had a chance to look at both the new and old lock mechanism and concur that the new mechanism design is just a bit heavier, slightly thicker, and noticeable more “solid” feeling than the old, but you have to hold them together to tell. Unless you’re very partial towards the old mechanism, the newer bracelet seems to feel better and, at least for me, fit my wrist better (I have fairly thick forearm muscles so the rounder shape hugs my wrist better). So, despite the option of buying the discontinued model as other members here did, I bought the new one.
I like the definitive click when I put it on and, unlike previous posts about the new model, my bracelet doesn’t make a sound or noise when I move it on my wrist or tap the nail head. It’s pretty stiff and solid. It requires quite a bit of finger strength to open the mechanism and I’m quite confident it won’t come off; maybe some of the other models that needed exchanges were defective in some way at the clasp.
Anyway, I’m still pretty infatuated with it. Thanks for letting me ramble.
I've made an observation between the new and old versions of JUC (with diamonds at the tips) at the store the other day. They had one YG with the new mechanism in size 16(picture 2) and one PG with the old mechanism in size 15(picture 1). I noticed that in the old mechanism version, there were only 4 diamonds at the tip of the nail whereas the new mechanism version had 5 diamonds and the tip looked more pointed overall.
Does anyone have either the new or old version with diamonds who can validate my observation? If you don't mind posting a picture of yours with the tip, I would be really curious to know if they modified the new version and added more diamonds to it!!
I wasn't sure if that was because one bracelet was larger than the other or if it's actually a difference between the 2 versions?
Does anyone have either the new or old version with diamonds who can validate my observation? If you don't mind posting a picture of yours with the tip, I would be really curious to know if they modified the new version and added more diamonds to it!!
I wasn't sure if that was because one bracelet was larger than the other or if it's actually a difference between the 2 versions?
I have both old and new closure mechanisms. There is an additional diamond at the tip of the nail on the new closure mechanism JUC.
Wow! Thank you for the quick reply. It also seems like the new version looks slightly thicker than the old?
Your bracelets look stunning on you btw
Thank you!!Wow! Thank you for the quick reply. It also seems like the new version looks slightly thicker than the old?
Your bracelets look stunning on you btw
Hmm the thickness seems to the same to me...