Lecoultre Triple Calendar – Cal 12 ½ LC – 14K yellow gold – 1940’s

Lecoultre Triple Calendar – Cal 12 ½ LC – 14K yellow gold – 1940’s

Jaeger is not on the dial as this is an American market Jaeger Lecoultre watch. It makes the watch even more rare and collectible

Lecoultre Triple Calendar with round silver dial with outer red ring for the date and 2 sub dials for day and month. The hours are marked with gold batons and stars. At 6 o’clock comes the sub dial for the seconds. The hands are in gold with Dauphine style. Lugs are typical from the Art Deco period. It is a 14K yellow gold back case with engraved outside 335647 and inside “Lecoultre Swiss – 14K – 0.585”. It is a manual winding movement with caliber 12 ½ LC and 17 jewels with number 406105. The watch comes with a beige strap. Width between lugs is 17mm. The watch is in very good condition.

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 12 ½ LC, 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. It is numbered 406105. 

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35.50mm


Length including lugs: 45mm