AUTHENTIC VINTAGE 10K GOLD FILLED LECOULTRE MEMOVOX WRISTALARM GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

LARGE AND BRIGHTLY LUMINOUS AND LOUD LECOULTRE

WRISTALARM WATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE LARGE 10K GOLD FILLED LECOULTRE WRISTALARM GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL: ALARM - MEMOVOX

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: RARE LECOULTRE 17 JEWELS MANUAL MOVEMENT CAL.814 BY VACHERON CONSTATIN AXN

DIAL COLOR: CREAM GOLD

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND AND ALARM DISC

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE AND BLUE METAL SECOND HAND

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: VERY BRIGHT LUMINOUS DOT, LUMINOUS ARABIC AND RAISED GOLD TONE BARROW HEAD MARKERS

CASING : 10K GOLD FILLED

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 37mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: 10K GOLD FILLED BEZEL

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: N.G.T 1-28-57

CROWN: UNSIGNED ORIGINAL CROWN

STRAP/TALI: BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 9.5" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED LECOULTRE MODEL... ALARM SET AND LOUD!

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE/HARGA: PmSOLD TO IKRAM FROM TERENGGANU

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LE COULTRE WATCHES

A brilliant inventor and self-taught watchmaker, Antoine-LeCoultre founded his first workshop in 1833, following the invention of a machine to produce watchmaking pinions. Ever since, the Manufacture Jaeger-Lecoultre has developed constantly around the founder's original workshops.

Surprisingly enough, it was neither a physicist nor an engineer who first measured the micron; it was Antoine LeCoultre, in 1844. He had created watch components that were so perfect no tool could actually detect their degree of inaccuracy. He followed that up by inventing the world's most accurate instrument: the Millionometer, which served as a benchmark for over half a century.

In 1847, LeCoultre created a revolutionary system that was to do away with the need for keys to rewind and set watches. His simple and brilliant solution was a pushbutton that activated a lever to switch from one function to another. It was the first keyless winding mechanism, and the first reliable system that eliminated the need for keys to wind or set a watch.

In 1866, when Swiss watchmaking was still structured around small home-run workshops, Antoine LeCoultre and his son Elie decided to bring together under one rood the many skills involved in making watches, and installed a steam-driven machine to operate their new tools. LeCoultre & Cie thus became the first Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux.

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 1937.

In the year 1908, the Manufacture created its first rectangular-shaped calibre in response to the challenge created to miniaturize watches to wear on the wrist. By the "Roaring 20s" (1920s), very small ladies' wristwatches were all the rage, but extreme miniaturization always led to a loss of reliability and precision. The Duoplan brilliantly solved this problem by arranging its parts on split levels. It would lead to the world's smallest movement, Calibre 101. Outdoing the Calibre 145, Jaeger-Lecoultre miniaturized the Duoplan caliber to the extreme, weighing in at barely one gram and comprising of 74 parts. Its record is still unmatched to this date.

Since its founding, the Manufacture has created and produced over 1,000 different calibres in many varieties. Over 200 patented inventions have contributed to the progress of Swiss watchmaking in the field of movements, as well as that of cases, bracelets, dials, and watch functions.

EXTREMELY RARE HATTORI SEIKOSHA WWI MILITARY WATCHES

BRAND/JENAMA : EXTREMELY RARE HATTORI SEIKOSHA WWI MILITARY WATCHES

MODEL : NATION

MOVEMENT :SUPRARE SEIKOSHA MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT

ORIGIN : JAPAN
SERIAL NO. : none

CIRCA : 1920"s

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

FUNCTION : HOUR, MINUTES, SUB SECOND AT 6:00
DIAL: WHITE CREAM WITH CIRCULAR TEXTURED AROUND HOUR MAKER
BEZEL: SOLID STAINLESS STEEL 

MARKINGS : DIAL
BAND : REPLACEMENT BLACK LEATHER MILITARY BUND BAND FIT 8" WRIST
LUGS SIZE: 12mm WIRELUGS
BAND WIDTH: 14mm

LENS/CERMIN : ACRYLIC CRYSTAL

MEASUREMENT : 24mm WITHOUT  CROWN X 30mm LUG TO LUG
WATER RESISTANT: NO - VINTAGE WWI WATCH, WATERPROOF WATCH HAS NOT BEEN INVENTED YET

CONDITION : EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION
PRICE/HARGA: PERSONAL COLLECTION BUT WILLING TO LET GO FOR USD2,500 (RETAIL APPRAISAL FOR THIS EXTREMELY RARE TIME PIECE IS BETWEEN USD2,700 TO USD3,500 DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THE WATCH ) 
LISTING: USD2500.00 SOLD: RM1000

BRIEF INFORMATION ON SEIKO WRISTWATCHES

The company started with the name Seiko in 1938. However, the original ancestor of the company was a business run by a local clockmaker in Tokyo by the name, Kintaro Hattori. The business was named K. Hattori and later it evolved into a company by the name Seiko corporation, Tokyo. The business originally started as a clock and jewellery shop and in 1892. It began production of clocks under the name Seikosha, which later evolved into Seiko.

In 1917,  DAINI SEIKOSHA WAS SEEKING WESTERN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE MODERN WATCHES. THEY INVITED SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCH COMPANIES TO JAPAN. THEY DID WHAT THE JAPANESE DO BEST. UNDER THE BANNER OF POSSIBLE EXPORTS, THESE COMPANIES WOULD, IN FACT, TEACH THE JAPANESE WOW TO MAKE WATCHES THAT, BY THE 1950'S, WOULD COMPETE TOE TO TOE, WITH THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WATCH COMMUNITY.

MANY EARLY SEIKOSHA MILITARY WATCHES HAD WALTHAM MOVEMENTS! IN ADDITION, SWISS TECHNOLOGY AND FINISHING TECHNIQUES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LIMITED ANTIQUE VINTAGE TIME PIECES, SUCH AS THIS 1929/30 SEIKOSHA NATION MOVEMENT WITH ITS "SWISS BARS" FINISH. 

NOTE  "NATION" IS LISTED AS A SEIKO  ON PAGE 28 IN THE BOOK "Museum of Japanese Made Watches".  WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT SEIKO WAS NOT A SEPARATE  COMPANY IN 1929. 

Initially the company was named K. Hattori & Co in 1918. Later named as Hattori Seiko & Co in 1983. Finally, in 1990 it became Seiko corporations. It established various companies under its name such as Seiko Watch Corporation, and became a holding corporation in 2001 and was finally named as Seiko Holdings Corporation in 2007. Although the company produces many different types of clocks and watches, it is particularly famous for its wristwatches.

In 1924, the first watch under the name Seiko was produced. Seiko also has the honour of producing the first quartz watch in the world under the name Astron. Thus by this fact only, one can get a basic idea of the rank of Seiko watches in the world of wristwatches. When this watch was first introduced, its cost was more than that of a medium sized car. However, this watch was a breakthrough in technology and set a new standard, which is being followed to this day.

In 1985 Seiko and orient watches set up a joint factory, which produces millions of watches each year. Seiko watches are known for their reliability and accuracy in time keeping, which is why their watches have been used for official time keeping in major sports events and the Olympic Games, which is also an honourable rank for the company.

The company produces different lines of watches of which, the most famous are Seiko 5, Grand Seiko, King Seiko and Credor. Collectors, due to their high esteem and unique features, treasure these watches as prized possessions. Seiko mechanical watches are especially considered as prized possession by collectors. When it comes to Seiko classic watches, the older a watch, the more precious it is.

Seiko wristwatches range from 50$ to 100,000$, which is certainly a price tag for luxury and high esteem. The Seiko kinetic watches being produced these days take the major portion of their sales in the modern era as they combine the self-energising feature of automatic watches with the high accuracy of quartz in time keeping.