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Thank you Clavi for sharing your vast knowledge ...

 

... about vintage watches on this site! Very interesting facts about that Grande Complication and the signing of the movement indeed.
The watch is not only featured in the Book of Timepieces as one of 7 wonders but also in Mr. Cologni's Better Book of Timepieces. Sadly none of the books contains the information you provided. That may be neglectable for the Book of Timepieces but not for Cologni's massively overestimated book. Cologni allegedly undertook a lot of research for the book - I wonder where all these efforts went: they do not materialise in the book. Not for the featured Grande Complication and not for most of the other vintage (or better: not currently produced) pieces. Concerning the signing of movements: Cologni shows watches signed LeCoultre on the dial next to the seemingly fitting movements signed Jaeger-LeCoultre and vice versa. One could get the impression that he is not even aware of what's behind the different signing.
Christian

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More on the pocket watch pictured in the masthead

 
By: Clavi : February 23rd, 2007-07:32
The watch pictured in the masthead has been made in 2 examples, originally for Cartier, hence the movement signed 'european watch co' as were all the Jaeger movements found in the Cartier watches (actually Jaeger produced all the Cartier watches at that t... 

J or LC

 
By: ajlc : February 23rd, 2007-16:51
Clavi: The watch pictured in the masthead has been made in 2 examples, originally for Cartier, hence the movement signed 'european watch co' as were all the Jaeger movements found in the Cartier watches (actually Jaeger produced all the Cartier watches at... 

In "Le Temps de Cartier" book...

 
By: Dje : February 24th, 2007-01:51
Hi, At page 46 in "Le Temps de Cartier" book, it is written that The Santos was bearing the Jaeger name right from the beginning, mentioning the first watch sold in 1911. Nothing is said about the movement of the original prototype (dated 1904). If Clavi ...