The 1940s and 1950s are often considered to be the climax of dress watches. During this time, the manually-wound movements reached a new level of maturity in terms of reliability, precision and dimensions.

The functional perfection of this Jaeger-LeCoultre is no surprise; it achieves an astounding degree of elegance and precision, all in one timepiece. The luminous yellow gold case with slightly down turned lugs, slight pie-pan dial and Railroad Minute track complement each other beautifully. This watch is perfection.

 

- wrist size in our picture is 18cm circumference -

 

DIAL:

• original never touched cream colored dial in very good condition
• original hands & crown
• some very slight patina throughout the dial

STRAP & BUCKLE:

• dark brown GOLDAMMER Kardinal leather strap fitting up to 20 cm wrist size / 2 mm thick
• GOLDAMMER gold plated buckle

CASE:

• excellent overall condition, showing very minor traces of use
• 3- body 18k yellow gold case with snap-on case back
• 35 mm (without crown) / 43 mm (lug-to-lug) / 17 mm (between lugs) / 9.5 mm thick
• year: 1950s
• total weight: 39 g

MOVEMENT:

• Jaeger LeCoultre Cal. P449/3 - manual wind 
• 17 jewels, 18000 A/h, 42 hours power reserve
• professionally serviced 04/2025
• +15 sec/d / 290°

BOX & PAPERS:

• GOLDAMMER certificate of authenticity & service documentation card
• GOLDAMMER box

GOLDAMMER REFERENCE: #971