Jaeger-LeCoultre

Amazing never seen before 1934 footage of the LeCoultre line-up

 

You might have read the news that the old documentary making company Pathé (active 1910-1970), now a division of EMI, has decided to release its entire archive of films over its own website and Youtube.

While browsing for some interesting content, I came across that amazing short documentary on watches entitled  'A Timely Topic!'
It is meant to show what was state of the art and fashionable in watches and clocks back in 1934.

Although it is not said as such in the narrative (the manufaturers are not mentionned), one can see that the entire document revolves around the 1933 LeCoultre catalog.

 Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSqojZHfHI 
(in case the link would be altered by the Purists publishing platform, you will find the footage by looking for  'A Timely Topic!' Pathé in your search engine)

 

 

 

 

So, in this 2 minutes documentary, one can see a number of rare clocks, as well as early reversos and Duoplans

In order:

 

 an early version of the rare rotating wall clock:

A Garrard mantle / wall convertible clock

The Table lighter

The stirrup clock

A nice Reutter with Art Deco numerals

A rock crystal pocket watch

The shutter system pocket watch

A jewelled duoplan 101

 

The original reverso

And the Duoplan interchangeable service system

 

Hope you liked seing them live from a distant past...