1940s Jaeger LeCoultre Triple Date Cal. P484 35.5mm

Here we have a 1940s Jaeger LeCoultre Triple Date Cal. P484 with its curvaceous 35.5mm stainless steel case. The decorative teardrop lugs gently curve over your wrist, leading to a lug-to-lug length of 45mm and a case thickness of 10.5mm, ensuring a comfortable fit on your wrist. We have the indented pushers for the triple date down the right side and a coin-edged crown in the centre. A smooth bezel holds a domed crystal above the crisp white dial. An outer date ring in red numerals surrounds Breguet numerals, marking the hours. At 6 o’clock, a slightly recessed sub-second perfectly balances this dial. Elegantly sculpted syringe hands are complemented by a red arrow-tipped date indicator hand.  At 12 o’clock we have the JLC motif completing this sophisticated triple date timepiece. On the reverse, a snap-off case back, inside a high-quality in-house manually wound JLC Cal. P478/A movement. The watch comes fitted on a 17mm leather strap.

This watch is sold as "Watch Only" and, therefore, comes with no original Jaeger-LeCoultre box or paperwork. It is fitted on a 17mm leather strap. The watch is from Circa 1940s and is sold in worn condition, but overall, it is in fair condition, as you can see with a beautifully refinished dial. It comes with our 12-Month NON-Waterproof Warranty.

This 1940s Jaeger LeCoultre Triple Date is absolutely beautiful and does not disappoint on the wrist, coming in at 35.5mm and featuring extravagant teardrop lugs, it wears beautifully and is much larger than you would initially think. Powered by the JLC Cal. P484/A, which is effortless finished to an impressive standard, though that is to be expected from JLC in this era. Breguet numerals flank the dial with striking red numerals for the pointer date, day and month, all contrasting against the egg-shell tone of the dial. I seriously would not hesitate to book an appointment and see this gem on your wrist today, but be warned, you will very likely walk out with it on your wrist!

Reference : 347822
Movement : Manually Wound JLC Cal. P484/A
Age : Circa. 1940s
Year : Circa. 1940s
Case Size : 40mm
Case Thickness : 10.5mm
Lug to Lug : 45mm
Lugs : 17mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : None
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

Antoine LeCoultre founded LeCoultre in 1833 in the small village of Le Sentier, Switzerland. By 1866, LeCoultre’s workshop had grown from home-run manufacturers spread across Switzerland to installing modern steam-driven machines to power the tools of all of the watchmakers, moving them from their homes and bringing them together in one central unit. Now named LeCoultre & Cie, the company became the very first manufacturer in the Vallée de Joux Switzerland. Antoine and his son  Elie LeCoultre employed more than 500 watchmakers in-house. In 1903, Edmond Jaeger, a watchmaker in Paris who made watches for the French Navy, challenged Swiss manufacturers to produce an ultrathin movement. Jacques-David LeCoultre, Elie’s son, rose to the challenge and created the world’s thinnest pocket watch, equipped with the LeCoultre 146 calibre, measuring just 1.38 mm thick. Over the following years, Jaeger and LeCoultre kept in touch, building a strong friendship, and in 1937, Jaeger-LeCoultre was founded. In 2013, they celebrated their 180th Anniversary.  Creating iconic timepieces like the Reverso wristwatch and the brilliantly engineered Atmos clock. During the war years, the Mark VII pilot watches of the 1940s were so accurate the Royal Air Force used them as aerial navigation instruments; later, they created the first automatic watch to house a power-reserve indicator in 1948 that was used by the US Army Air Corps. Jaeger-LeCoultre has developed and revolutionised the watch industry like no other manufacturer. Since 2000, it has been a fully owned subsidiary of the Swiss luxury group Richemont. This group includes Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC Schaffhausen, Panerai, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc, Dunhill and Chloé.