Lecoultre with ref 7511 in 14k YG with movement 818

Lecoultre with ref 7511 in 14k YG with movement 818

Styled Lecoultre watch with reference 7511 in14K solid yellow gold. The watch has a rectangular case with round gold dial. The hours are marked with black batons on the outer bezel. The hands are in gold with stick design. The back case is in 14K solid yellow gold with engraved outside “14K Gold” and inside “Case and time in the USA by LeCoultre 14K gold – 7511 – 616616”. The watch has a manual winding movement with engraved on “LeCoultre – Swiss – 17 jewels – K818. The watch comes with a black crocodile strap. Width beginning 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

Manual wind movement with caliber 818 with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 28mm


Length including lugs: 34mm