Lecoultre Tank – 14K YG – 1948/49 – Cal 438/4 - Serviced

Beautiful and rare Lecoultre tank with light grey dial and Roman numerals and gold batons marking each hour. At 6 o’clock comes the sub dial for the seconds. The hands are in gold with a Sword design. It is a Swiss model. It is a 14K yellow gold back case with engraved inside “441775 – Cased and Timed in the USA by Lecoultre – 14 Karat Gold”. The watch comes with a Lecoultre manual winding movement with caliber 438/4 with 17 jewels. The watch comes with a brown alligator strap. Width between lugs is 16mm. The watch has been serviced in 10/2026.

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

Manual winding Lecoultre movement with caliber 438/4, 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. The serial of the movement is 235407. The movement was launched in 1940 until 1961 and 92870 were produced. The movement is serviced. 

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 20mm


Length including lugs: 36mm