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 stainless steel case with tear-drop lugs, slight salmon pie-pan dial and railroad minute track complement each other beautifully. This watch is perfection.

 

- wrist size in our picture is 18cm circumference -

 

CASE:

• excellent overall condition, showing minor traces of use
• 3- body stainless steel case with snap-on case back
• 32 mm (without crown) / 38 mm (lug-to-lug) / 16.5 mm (between lugs) / 8.5 mm thick
• year: 1950s
• total weight: 29 g

MOVEMENT:

• Jaeger LeCoultre Cal. P449/3 - manual wind 
• 17 jewels, 18000 A/h, 42 hours power reserve
• professionally serviced 11/2024
• +4 sec/d / 320°

DIAL:

• original never touched salmon dial in great condition
• original hands and crown
  

STRAP & BUCKLE:

• comes with brown aftermarket leather strap fitting up to 20 cm wrist size / 2.2 mm thick
• comes with stainless steel aftermarket buckle
  

GOLDAMMER REFERENCE: #667