Jaeger-LeCoultre

I saw this watch today and I am curious of how many variants (hands/dials/etc) were made for the US market during the old days?... was a common practice to replace parts with "what was available" at the time?... I see so many different combinations on the web...

The problem is that Lecoultre US lost all their archives, and that it is hard to say how many versions existed. You had the Lecoultre and the Jaeger Lecoultre versions ( especially the Jumbo, which is the most impressive with its 37 mm case ). 

I am tempted to get the one I pictured, reason I asked... they have it in a store and looked quite charming in person :-P

Hi

That Powermatic looks fab, but as you say lots of variations with different hands, dials & cases.

Zaf Basha's book may help - but might not have captured the full array of the various iterations made.

Cheers

JML

And besides, so many were made during it's production I can only imagine the difficulty in trying to book all of them in a non digital era.
The one I pictured, looks super nice in person, I saw it yesterday and I am very tempted to get it; case is very sharp and I liked the dial/hands combination.....