Lucien Piccard – Calatrava Style – 14K WG – Cal 42 – 33mm - Serviced

Lucien Piccard Calatrava style with octagonal shape and gray dial with gold batons and diamond for each hour. At 6 o’clock comes the sub-dial for the seconds. It is a Swiss model. The hands are in gold with Dauphine style. The crystal has a special pattern with diamond. It is a 14K white gold case with engraved inside “C-321-LP-42” and outside “Lucien Piccard – 14K Gold – 42840”. The watch has a manual winding movement with caliber Lucien Piccard 42 and 17 jewels. The watch comes with a blue leather strap and width between lugs is 17mm. The watch has been serviced.

History

Lucien Piccard was founded in 1923 in Lausanne, Switzerland and was known for making gold watches. Many celebrities and royalties wore the brand. Lucien Piccard was the pioneer to use gemstones on watches and one of the precursors of the slim-line timepieces. Blancpain Rayville was the distributor of Blancpain SA in the US. The company was located in New York city. It was also the company that signed the contract with the US Army to provide the Tornek Rayville TR900 to their elite diving department. It later became the famous marine corps Navy Seal.

Technical details

Manual winding Lucien Piccard Movement with caliber 42, 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. It is the base caliber A Schild 1525.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 33mm


Length including lugs: 38mm