kingmatic
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A 37mm Powermatic Mexican Cousin
Nov 03, 2012,12:15 PM
Comment ça va mes amis ?
Sorry, but I shall to switch to English, cause my French is very rusty .
Although I´m not a regular in this forum , I´m always looking for new information of my vintage watches in several forums and IMHO the Amanico & friends´s PuristPro forum is for JLC the ultimate reference .
Let me tell you that a couple the years ago, I was lucky to find a 37 mm Steel Powermatic , but until now I hadn´t "seen" any other exception being in this web page from a London dealer
Even though mine had a bad redial and I´m almost sure not the original hands (let me tell you that I´m very picky with dials and I had rejected some previously for that reason) , it took my immediate attention because its unusual size. The movement is signed JLC but inside the cap says acier inoxydable (i.e. stainless steel) LeCoultre Co.
Moreover, I said before the style of the hands are incorrect, I think should be gold spade hands as in the link.
Reading this post, my guess is that someone in the past refishided the dial with the most " exclusive" Jaeger LeCoultre brand, but who knows !
I was aware of the rarity of this piece, but nothing else.
To my surprise yesterday I found this excellent (as always) post of Nicolas about this rara avis.
So early this morning I took a couple of pics and with further delay I decided to show you this Mexican cousin .
BTW the pic of the movement ( an earlier one took several months ago) is almost identical to the original post, don´t you agree?
saludos from Mexico City
the Aztec King
Kingmatic
PS Anyone can recommend me where I can go for a proper refinish of this dial, and proper hands ?
Thanks in advance !
This message has been edited by kingmatic on 2012-11-03 12:18:11 This message has been edited by kingmatic on 2012-11-03 12:20:14