Beautiful Jaeger Lecoultre Powermatic with caliber 481

Beautiful 34.5mm Jaeger Lecoultre in 10K gold filled. The watch has a creamy round dial with Arabic numerals for 3, 6, 9 and 12 and batons for other hours. Each minute is marked with a dot. The hands are in gold with baton design and an indirect second hand. It is a screw back case with engraved inside case and timed in the US by Lecoultre – 10k gold filled – 00018757. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 481. The watch comes with a brown leather band.

History

The story of Lecoultre started in 1833 with Charles Antoine LeCoultre. In 1844 he invented the “millionometre” and then in 1851, he obtained a gold medal for his work and products at the universal exhibition. In 1877, LeCoultre built movement and between 1860 and 1925, it made 60,000 with various level of complication. 1925 is the merger with Edmond Jaeger. After this time came amazing pieces like the duoplan and the smallest caliber 101. Then came the Reverso in 1931, the Memovox in 1951, the Futurematic in 1953. In july 2000, the company became part of the Richemont group.

Technical details

Automatic movement movement with caliber 481, 17 jewels, 18,000 bph, with 40 hours of power reserve. It is numbered 1013055.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 34.5mm
Length including lugs: 39mm

Price: Sold