Jaeger-LeCoultre

Here is my most recent acquisition. I've been looking for a nice example for some years, ever since I first salivated over Zaf Basha's description and photos of the model in his excellent collector's guide to Jaeger-LeCoulte. This special model was "made ...  

Its a very beautiful piece and truely unique and interesting design elements within, rectanguler and moonphase makes it a perfect mix of elements.

Here is a picture of an even rarer 18 Ct Gold: ...  

Do you have a photo of the inner case back to see the markings/hallmarks? The gold filled case was US-made by Keystone (probably on account of the high tariffs for gold in those days); I wonder if this case was a special import?

Some other pictures of that watch. Best, Nicolas

.. of your health ! Here just an example from a Standard TD-Teardrop without moonphase, but Cal 464/A, ie European version, mid-40ies.. .. The lesser round cousin Bravo & Best ! hs ...  

... this is a most gorgeous model by JLC, of which I also fell in love when I knew about this special model some time ago. Regrettably this is not an easy watch to find, specially in my local hunting grounds, so I guess I would need to be super Lucky to f... 

and it goes nicely with that lizard strap. This cannot have been an easy find, so the heartiest congratulations are in order . Your perserverance paid off! Congrats Adam!!