JACK'S TREASURE CHEST OF TIME PIECES: CIRCA 1950'S

Showing posts with label CIRCA 1950'S. Show all posts

Friday, July 4, 2025

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE LECOULTRE TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SOLID 10K YELLOW GOLD FILLED LECOULTRE TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL: TANK

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: JAEGER LECOULTRE 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT BY LECOULTRE/VACHERON CONSTATIN VXN CAL.11 LO

DIAL COLOR: TWO TONE SUB-SECOND AT 6:00

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE METAL HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED GOLD TONE ARABIC MARKERS

CASING : 10K GOLDFILLED SOLID GOLD

LUGS: 16mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 26mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 34mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: -

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: UNSIGNED ORIGINAL CROWN

STRAP/TALI: GREY LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5" FULL LENGHT BLACK LEATHER BAND

DISCONTINUED LECOULTRE MODEL... RAREST!

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE/HARGA: USD1200 (NEGOTIABLE)

It was in 1903 when the Parisian Edmond Jaeger set Swiss watchmakers the challenge of producing ultra-thin calibres. It would lead to the Calibre 145, the world's thinnest mechanical movement, measuring no more than 1.38 mm, and the friendship of Antoine LeCoultre's grandson, Jacques-Devid LeCoultre. These two men would give a rise to a range of horological wonders, and eventually the birth of the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand in

Sunday, June 29, 2025

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE RARE CORTEBERT DRESS GENT WRISTWATCH

BRAND: VERY RARE VINTAGE CORTEBERT DRESS GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL: DRESS WATCH WITH DATE

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT: SWISS CORTEBERT IN HOUSE CAL.515, 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT.

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CHAMPAGNE

FUNCTION: 2 HOUR, MINUTE AND DATE AT 3

HANDS/JARUM: BLACK GOLD COLOR METAL STICK HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: GOLD TONE RAISED STICK MARKERS

CASING : GOLD PLATED ON BASE METAL BEZEABD CASE, STAINLESS STEEL CASEBACK

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 37mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS MADE BASE METAL BEZEL & S/N 4128

BEZEL: BASE METAL

CROWN: GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 7.5"

KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL.NO BOX AND NO PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

PRICE : USD200 (NEGOTIABLE)

SOLD

BRIEF HISTORY OF Cortébert WATCHES

Cortébert has a very poorly documented history. The brand name is currently owned by Italian watch manufacturerPerseo, and production under the Cortébert brand name has stopped in the mid-1970s. Cortébert used to be one of the highest regarded premium watch brands, manufacturing their own movements, supplying movements to other brands such as Rolex and introducing the jump-hour arrangement. When the quartz crisi hit the industry in the '70s, the majority of prestige brands ceased production including Cortébert. Others have already been resurrected (Baume et Mercier admits, while most companies like to pretend their production was continuous) and today Cortébert is the only remaining brand that has potential to be restored to its historic status.