Jaeger-LeCoultre

rdenney
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Mine looks like the slightly later version...

...that is in your 1955 catalog, but it's only a minor variation on the example in the 1945 catalog. I dated the movement, not the watch, so it's possible that the watch was made a year or three later, and perhaps the dial migrated to the later design right after your 1945 catalog.

But I have seen a number of examples (though in pictures of unconfirmed origin) at were the same reference but had raised Arabics instead of painted Arabics. But I rather thought the 2953's all used the 12-1/2''' movement and used an inner minute track to keep the hands the same length as the 33mm watches that used a smaller caliber 820. Those seem to put the minute track around the outer edge. Note that the seconds hand on mine is almost exactly the right length, though it was labeled in the seller's parts bin as being for the caliber 820. Perhaps by the late 50's, they abandoned that bit of possible interchangeability.

Thank you for providing the details--I love having the promotional material for the interesting watches in my collection.

Rick "for whom the research is part of the fun" Denney