Jaeger-LeCoultre

In 2011, during a visit at the Manufacture, the curator of the Heritage Gallery showed me this Watch. I had the opportunity to see another E 333, in Paris. With a different dial and another set of hands, which are full blued, and not filled with luminous....  

Nicolas, If you don't state that this watch is from 1939 I could guess that is from the 70's! Thanks for another educative post. Cheers, Nilo

with great 70's / late 60's design. Lecoultre was way ahead of their time with the case visuals. Thanks for the post Nico!

Guess, would go for No 2. One tends to forget, how long water tightness is around, but your point is well taken, that Rolex was way before that.. Thx for this charming share, Cheers & Best, hs

A pleasure to share them, my friend. Thanks for looking. Best, Nicolas

....Depollier with a screwed down case and crown way before the Oyster ;-)

....your post on such an interesting watch, Nico. I think the Depollier cases started around the end of WW1.

... its's always a pleasure to learn about the history of the Manufacture! All the best, Etienne

When it comes to E for 'etanche' references. See page 98 Artcurial theme auction '170 years of JLC' catalog from 2003. ;) I.

For a better water resistance... It seems that the tonneau watch I showed is the firt JLC to have a screw in case back + crown... Any more infos on that, Ilja? Best, Nicolas

But first I need to correct you, the movement used for the 333 is not 438. 438 is a rectangular movement and the last evolution step of 11U, Your shown round Etanche watches house most likely a cal. 9" (Paris Lignes) later called 408 and derivates. The re...  

... Where to find this catalogue? A pdf somewhere? Thanks! E.

This E333 has a lot of charm for sure, it is really part of JLC history, and to finish this one has a wonderful patina. I am usually quite ok with moderate size watches with my small wrist and I know that it was quite ok at that time but I found it really...