Lejour Chronograph – Ref 7000 – Cal 7750 – 1980’s - Serviced

Vintage black Lejour Chronograph with round black dial. The hours are marked with stick with excellent mustard color luminous. The watch comes with 3 sub dials, 12 hours at 6 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock and minutes at 12 o’clock. On the outer, you have a tachymeter graduated up to 1000. Hands have baton design. The chronograph second hand is orange/red. Two windows at 3 o’clock date and day. It is a stainless steel/PVD back screwed case with engraved outside “7000 – water resistant– Incabloc – Automatic - All stainless steel – Antimagnetic – Swiss”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber Valjoux 7750 and 25 jewels. The watch comes with a black stainless-steel band and clasp. It is not original to this watch. The bracelet fits a 7.5 inches wrist. The watch has been serviced 11/2026.

History

“Lejour” which means “The Day” was founded in the 1960’s. Historically, this French company distributed and sold watches such as Yema. In the 1970’s, the brand started to work with Heuer and then came the reference 7000 or 7500. Most of the watches had Valjoux calibers. The nickname of the company was the “Heuer of the poor” as same quality but cheaper. With the quartz empire in the 1980’s the company went out of business during this period.

Technical details

Automatic chronograph with caliber Valjoux 7750 with 25 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The watch has 42 hours of power reserve. The movement is serviced.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm


Length including lugs: 41mm