From the early 50's, 37 mm steel case. Not the first automatic watch from JLC, but one of the first, with the Futurematic, to display a power reserve indicator. Quite cool! Best, Nicolas
From left to right: P 476 ( the first automatic from JLC, from 1948 ) / Powermatic E 163 / Futurematic E 501 / Memovox Early E 855 / E 329 Crosshairs / Geomatic RG. I still have two, the Futurematic and the Geomatic. That was something to own of all these
The problem is that Lecoultre US lost all their archives, and that it is hard to say how many versions existed. You had the Lecoultre and the Jaeger Lecoultre versions ( especially the Jumbo, which is the most impressive with its 37 mm case ). Here is a P
I saw this watch today and I am curious of how many variants (hands/dials/etc) were made for the US market during the old days?... was a common practice to replace parts with "what was available" at the time?... I see so many different combinations on the
Some very nice ones such as... This Duoplan from 1932. This is a line we rarely discuss here. This iconic Futurematic, from 1957: The very elegant Geomatic, in gold: One of the icons, the Geophysic, here with its crosshairs dial: The E 855 Blue Scale, fro
Dear Sir, do you habe perhaps a catalogue from the late 1940'ies / starting 1950'ies? Would love to find the powermatic from my Dad there! Serialnumber 533402 which seems to be produced in 1948. Thanks a lot! Best Alexander
Dear Sir I have a smiliar watch from my Dad from the 1950'ies ... Backsidenumber E;mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">533402 A E;mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">looks similar to the one you have. E;mso-fareast-langua
From my father I have a vintage watch. Must be from the 1950'ies. The serialnumber on the backside is 533402 A. Can anybody date this watch perhaps? Thanks a lot best Alexander
A family picture of what I had. From let to right: P 476 / E 163 Powermatic Jumbo / E 501 Futurematic / E 855 early one ( 1959 ) / E 329 Crosshairs / Geomatic Rose Gold. I sold the P 476, Powermatic and the E 329 Crosshairs. Kept the 3 others. But it was