Rare Lecoultre Disco Volante – 10K gold filled – 1960’s - Serviced

Beautiful and rare Lecoultre with champagne dial and black cross lines. At 6 o’clock comes the sub dial for the seconds. The hands are in gold with a very interesting design. It is a Swiss model. The watch has a Lecoultre crown. It is a 10K gold filled back case with engraved inside “3028 – Cased and Timed in the USA – Lecoultre – 10K gold filled – 744825”. The watch comes with a Lecoultre manual winding movement with caliber K480 with 17 jewels. The watch comes with a cream leather strap. Width between lugs is 17mm. The watch has been serviced.

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 K480, 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. The serial of the movement is 1361252.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 32.50mm


Length including lugs: 38mm