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LeCoultre sunburst-dial wristwatch with subsidiary seconds
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THE STORY
The valley behind the light
Scenes imagined. Actual watch photographs are in Watch details.
The LeCoultre story begins in a mountain valley. In 1833, Antoine LeCoultre established his watchmaking atelier in Le Sentier, in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux. His background lay in working metal and making tools, skills that became the foundation for producing very small parts with increasing precision. Jaeger-LeCoultre: The Genesis of Precision
By 1866, Antoine and his son Elie had brought the watchmaking crafts together in a manufacture under one roof. At a time when specialist workshops commonly carried out different stages separately, bringing those skills together allowed ideas and work to pass more directly between people. There is a human scale to that history: a toolmaker’s judgment, a watchmaker’s patience, one person’s work depending on another’s. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s manufacture history
Imagine a quiet room above a wooded valley, with morning light reaching a wooden table. This is an imagined setting, a way into the landscape behind the name, rather than a reconstruction of this watch’s past.
The actual photographs show this LeCoultre’s silver-grey sunburst dial, a separate seconds display at six and a single crown. Its exterior back is marked “10K GOLD FILLED,” consistent with the auction’s material description. These details offer the pleasure of watching a dial respond to light and noticing how a small object rewards a second look. The exact reference, calibre and production date remain unconfirmed. Dial closeup · Exterior back
The next view belongs to the watch itself. Its photographs let the design, finish and surviving details speak at their own scale.
The actual watch
Available · $895
Buy Now →LeCoultre sunburst-dial wristwatch, auction-described 10K gold-filled case. Servicing has not yet been completed and will be completed upon sale. Please allow 7–10 days for full service, separate from shipping. The asking price assumes future completed service and running operation, not work already performed. See photographs for present cosmetic condition.
Service pending; allow 7–10 days for full service upon sale. Present operation/timing not verified here. See photographs for cosmetic appearance; existing wear is not represented as repaired. The watch is presented honestly in the accompanying photographs.
BRAND LeCoultre
MODEL 10K gold-filled sunburst-dial wristwatch with subsidiary seconds
REFERENCE Unknown
