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Difficult to certify wether it predates the Cartier, because it is exactly the same watch as the Cartier (As with a lot of pre-1950s Cartier which were 100% JLC made and often available under both brands). The fact is that indeed very few of these 'parallelogram' have been made by Jaeger / LeCoultre

The watch pre-dates the JL logo, so the crown for this model was plain / no logo. And consequently same logic applies to the buckle. Plus, the buckle you have chosen is for a much later (>1968) model, while the crown is for a 1990s one. So, in the spirit of staying period correct, both crown and buc

Nice E856 with the 'smokers patina'. Very curious about the bracelet. It looks like the Gay Freres that was found on some JLCs at the time, but the links are slightly more elaborate (stamped with a pattern insted of smooth). Is the bracelet indeed a Gay Freres and is it also signed JL or is a generi

E853 with black dial and long index... not something you see frequently (or ever ! ) Enjoy, very elegant and unique

Beautiful config even with the slightly excessive patina ! (Crown is a bit too thick and round though, but that’s a minor point)

I don't know what they will opt for, but if they return it to specs, this dial with gold index would be fitted with gold (or at least golden) hands - except for the central second that is always steel (I guess for solidity reasons). More specifically, this dial style 'cadran index épis' should be pa

I had not expanded the comments and didn't see it at first. I guess these must be the only 2 examples available online at the moment ! If memory serves me well there were 4 dials variants in total, including one without the applied central disk, with much larger / thinner Roman numbers at the periph

Actually about 1/4 of ref 9043 are actually 9043.22. Here are 2 different examples found online. The dial is a sort of slightly hammered / brushed metallic silver in texture (see last pic)

Movements like these aren’t developed in 3 months 😉

see my reply above. Still more precious metal value (/cost) in a platinum case vs a gold case even though both metals trade at the same price. Pure logic (Physics)