Jaeger-LeCoultre

Hello, I am interested in buying an american Lecoultre watch. Is there any difference between Jaeger le coultre vs LeCoultre in terms of quality and in terms of its value and collectability?. I do know the history behind the american labelling as "LeCoult... 

What watch are you considering? It depends a lot of the watch, because in general terms, there is not a big difference between Lecoultre and Jaeger Lecoultre. The jewels are maybe cheaper on the Lecoultre for some tax reasons, and avoid, IMO, the 10 or 14... 

Why do you not recommend 10K, 14K models (as opposed to SS or GP/GF models)? Best, Jean

There were also some 9 kts Gold Watches among the Vintage JLC Watches. In general, I prefer the better 18 kts Gold watches. Why? Only because if we speak about gold, the more karats you have, the better it is, don't you think? Gold plated is different, as... 

I am considering the futurematic. There is one on auction on a popular auction bay site.

Seems that the European version is rarer than the US Version. Best, Nicolas

the same about the jewels and the gold quality I was skeptic but it could be true Cheers

LeCoultre is the US range of JLC. In the same modell, the swiss version has a higher value but the US was the biggest market, so there was a lot of nice watch JUST for this piece of market - whit a very high "collectros value" The cases made in US, not sw... 

Thanks for the info. I guessed as much in terms of value.

when i think it was mcCarthy tried to limit imports and encourage(force) people to buy american. JLC used the leCoultre name as Longines bought into Wittnauer and Breitling bought into Wakmann. i dont know what Omega did. please correct me if i'm wrong Gr...