Jaeger Lecoultre Tank Art Deco – JLC Mvt 11LO – 18K yellow gold – 1940’s

Jaeger Lecoultre Tank Art Deco – JLC Mvt 11LO – 18K yellow gold – 1940’s

Jaeger Lecoultre Tank Art Deco with rectangular 2-ton dial and long gold batons for hours. The inside ring has a light grey color. Sub-dial for the seconds at 6 o’clock. It is a “Swiss” made model. The watch has gold hands with “Dauphine” style. The watch comes with a Curvex crystal. The case is in 18K yellow gold with engraved in the back “302010” and inside “.750”. The watch has a manual winding movement with caliber 11LO. The watch comes with a brand-new green Camille Fournet strap. Width between lugs is 18mm.

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

Jaeger Lecoultre manual winding movement with caliber 11LO.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 22mm


Length including lugs: 36mm