Jaeger Lecoultre Powermatic in stainless steel with caliber 481

Jaeger Lecoultre Powermatic in stainless steel with caliber 481

Beautiful 33.5mm Jaeger Lecoultre in stainless steel with a creamy round dial with stainless steel Arabic numerals 3, 6, 9, 12 and batons for other hours. The hands have a silver color with Losange shape. The window for power reserve is at 12 o’clock and graduated up to 40 hours. It is a screw back case with engraved inside Lecoultre Swiss – Acier Inoxydable and outside the number 615083. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 481 and 17 jewels. 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.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 33.5mm


Length including lugs: 42mm