Throwback Thursday – 1955: Jaeger-LeCoultre Genève
Soon the SIHH rush starts, but before that we have time for one more Throwback Thursday! Just before Christmas one of our vintage experts here rightfully pointed out that in the 1970s Jaeger-LeCoultre used to print Genève in some of their documents. But t...
I'm a big fan of power rerserve indicators
wonder if the Powermatic was the first with that function? Thanks for educating us once again. CC
No it was not.
Before the Powermatic (unless I remember wrong) the Futurematic existed in the JLC collection. But also outside JLC there were watches showing this function before the Powermatic. I have some old documentations about this, will see what I can dig up... Be...
Correction - Powermatic was first together with ...
Zodiac and JLC filed patent in 1949 for a power reserve in a automatic wrist watch. Before that there were already PR in clocks and pocket watches. The Zodiac Autographic. JLC Automatic later to be called Powermatic. I will not post the full article as I ...
I have a lot of patent documents....
A good way to keep track of when in time things came to play! Best Blomman
Thanks for the information, Blomman.....
......every throwback post just fills more gaps and makes it all teh more enjoyable to own a JLC. Again...many thanks
You know...
Miranda askes you to mind the gap... Me, I try to fill them! Always good fun to "connect" the dots! Best Blomman
Blomman's time machine is back to work ...
I love your posts mixing old advertising and vintage pieces. Congratulations my friend. Cheers, Nilo
A very nice way to display the power reserve for sure! :)
As you know in the 1950s, Automatic watches started to become the fashion and with the power reserve complication became handy! Best Blomman
Well, I do have material for most forums...
But I will work my way through the alphabet, GP, JLC... Who know where we might end up! Best Blomman
Interesting post - have two out the three
So maybe it's time to start hunting a nice Powermatic down. I have seen enough Powermatics for sale - but to find a nice one. Well that's a bit more of a challenge. Though RDM has its appeal too - but for this instance think I'd prefer to go vintage. Chee...
Two out of three ain't bad!
But yes, the Powermatic would be a good addition to the group! Recommendation, go for the larger case. Best Blomman
Might take a while - but that's part of the fun
Hi Yup having a Memovox & Futurematic pretty good going, but having the triumpherant would be better, this is ThePurist site after all Yeah a nice steel European version is a good target, bit larger & feel a bit more contemporary despite the age & vintage...
Well done and thanks Blomman...
You always have something interesting and great to show from time to time. Stefan
Thank you, Stefan!
Just wish I had more time to write these kind of posts! Best Blomman