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Another small pleasure… :)

Hello Friends,

You remember my Ref E 603 post: Small pleasures in life…

And the follow up update post: Update on a small pleasure

When collecting you never know where you will end up!

That is one of the thrills for me with collecting watches.

You find something that leads to something more, that leads to…

Something entire different!

One day you find yourself with a big smile on your face, asking yourself – “How did I end up here?!”

OK, let me break it down for you:

Geophysic E 168=> Memovox Parking Ref 3161=> Clock Ref 69=> Clock Ref 70=> Clock Ref 380=> Ladies Ref E 603 …

Ladies?! How did this happen?!

Well, I don’t know, but I do know that from E 603 the trail goes straight to Ref 1629!

The second Ladies watch in the Jubilé Collection!

At first glance – the 1629 (to the left) and the E 603 (to the right) looks very much the same.

But in detail they are more different than you may think.

Dial – same layout, 12 + enhanced index at 3/6/9.

But if you look closely there are no luminous on the 1629 while the E 603 has luminous dots.

The dots are located under the edge of the crystal, almost like the Geopyhsic where the radium is located on the inside of the case.

The luminous is dead on my E 603, but best guess how it would look in the dark is something like this.

And here we see the next difference – the hands, both have Dauphine hands, but no luminous on the 1629.

Case; as you may read from the reference this is not a water-resistant watch.

The 1629 has a snapback case back while the E 603 has a screw down case back.

The 1629 is 19mm w/o crown while the E 603 is 20mm.

If you look at the bezel you can see where the extra mm is located.

The E 603 has longer and more curved lugs, and a bigger crown.

Inside both have the Cal 490/BW.

What made the hunt for these much more difficult is the fact that by some reason JLC did not put the Ref or Cal on case back or movement!

Even if JLC didn’t sign their buckles at this point, I could not resist putting these buckles on…

Original buckle should look something like this:

(Scan credit: Nicolas)

Well, friends – a big pleasure may come from a small package!

What journey have you done?

Where did you end up?

Ending up somewhere entire different than you thought you would..?

Best

Blomman