| Author | Message | ||
     Hayden New member Username: Hayden Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2011 Rating: N/A |
Can you help me identify this watch please? When we purchased it, we were told it was a JLC chronograph from just after the war but I cannot find it on any website. Do you know the model and would you have a rough idea of value? There is a serial number inside the back cover of 651684. It also says there are 17 jewels   | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 5470 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
This looks suspicious to me. Can you provide shots of both the inside and outside of the back? where did it come from? Thanks. | ||
| Hayden New member Username: Hayden Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2011 Rating: N/A |
thank you. This is the inside of the back, there is nothing on the outside. I got it from a friend of a friend who said he picked it up in Argentina.  | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 5471 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
My gut feeling is that it is that it is a fake i.e. a generic watch made out to look like a JLC. I guess anything can happen once it hits the Argentine market, but it's not a Swiss Case and the movement stampings & signatures do not follow what one would expect. I'd need to see it in person to make the call. | ||
| Hayden New member Username: Hayden Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2011 Rating: N/A |
Thanks Zaf, that comes as a surprise. Seems an awful lot of effort to go to to make a fake. I will take it to a uk specialist and see what they make of it. Thanks again. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 5472 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Anything can happen for export watches, but it isn't a Swiss made case, so there is no reason to have it stamped "LeCoultre SWISS". Ask the person looking at it if they think the dial is original, not repainted. I suspect it is repainted. Look at the "20" and "25" they are touching the 1/5 tick marks. Original dial are almost nevr sloppy like that. |