Jaeger Lecoultre chronograph with Valjoux 72

Beautiful Jaeger Lecoultre chronograph with Valjoux 72

Beautiful 35mm Lecoultre chronograph with Valjoux 72. The watch has a light grey round dial with silver Arabic numerals for hours and minutes. The dial comes with 3 sub dials, minutes at 3 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock and seconds at 9 o’clock. On the edge of the dial, there is a blue tachymeter graduated up to 1000. The hands are in stainless steel with “Dauphine” style. The watch has a stainless-steel screw back case with engraved inside “Le Coultre Swiss - Acier Inox” and outside “204406”. The watch has a manual winding movement with caliber Valjoux 72. The watch comes with a stainless steel cover between the movement and the back case. The watch comes with a Camille Fournet green lizard strap.

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 movement with 60’s, 30min, 12h, pillar wheel sub second with caliber Valjoux 72, 18,000 A/h, 17 jewels and 48 hours of power reserve. The movement was produced from 1938 to 1974.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35mm


Length including lugs: 43mm