Here, to avoid any confusion, we will discuss and share some thoughts, informations and pictures about vintage Jaeger Chronographs, no Lecoultre nor Jaeger Lecoultre, just Jaeger signed chronographs. A precision, here. The Jaeger and Jaeger Lecoultre sign...
not just watches but pens, cars, military and civilian leather jackets, etc... Sometimes it is NOT helpful to have multiple passions as you get easily distracted 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤪
Loved the article. I have a 1940s LeCoultre Chrono, ref 7090, with 285 movement. Have never seen such a comprehensive view into these models. For the 7090, the only one I’ve ever seen online was with a Cartier dial. Mine was redialed at some point in time...
I saw some of them in a vintage catalogue and immediately knew these are very special. I very much like the design language too, i clearly see the inspiration for some recent Longines and AP reeditions looking similar to some of the watches you posted her...
I’ve to admit, though knowing Jaeger as a watch, most of the time I see / read Jaeger, I must think about gauges in cars cockpit. Thanks for the education. George
This is an awesome set of Jaeger chronographs. I took a long time to finish reading and enjoying everyone of your photos. Thank you for taking the time to put these together, Nicolas! There is something g special about Ref 22 448 with the uncluttered layo...
a pure pleasure to read it. so many beautiful pieces, few pieces that really caught my eyes: ref 5184, 22 439 & 22 448. thank you for taking your time to write such a great article
Thanks a lot for the great pictures, some are indeed very tempting ! Just a quick question : do you know where these Jaeger (only) chronos were sold ? By the same ADs selling also Jaeger-LeCoultre watches ?? Was that even possible ? Re. the scarcity of ca...
Hence the challenge to find them, take pictures of them, and trying to find some informations on them. It took me some time to gather all these pictures, indeed. Best, Nicolas