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Rodilla
New member Username: Rodilla
Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2007
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:25 pm: | |
Hello. Im new in this forum. Need your help for dating the Jaeger LeCoultre watch I have just adquired. I bought it two weeks ago in a flea market here in Madrid, Spain. It looks just like a kind of Reverso from 30s or 40s. The serial number grabbed in the caliber is 151XXX. Thanks a lot for your help |
   
Rodilla
New member Username: Rodilla
Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2007
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:30 pm: | |
Sorry I almost forget. The case serial number of the watch is 53610. It says acier Staybrite. The watch looks just like a kind of Reverso Thanks again |
   
Rodilla
New member Username: Rodilla
Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2007
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 01:32 pm: | |
The complete caliber serial number is 151065 if it can help. |
   
Zaf
Moderator Username: Zaf
Post Number: 2995 Registered: 05-2003
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 03:35 pm: | |
circa 1942 |
   
Rodilla
New member Username: Rodilla
Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2007
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 07:21 am: | |
Thanks Zaf Is there any meaning in the case number? May be a refference for the model?. Thanks. |
   
Zaf
Moderator Username: Zaf
Post Number: 2998 Registered: 05-2003
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 11:04 am: | |
No, It's the serial number of the case, so no meaning. |
   
Rodilla
New member Username: Rodilla
Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2007
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 11:39 am: | |
Great information Zaf. Ill try to post a picture. Is a relly bad picture I know, the watch looks much better. I think that the crown is no original. Is there any form to get an original ones?. Do you know which is the model? How much could it worth?
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Zaf
Moderator Username: Zaf
Post Number: 3015 Registered: 05-2003
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 05:00 pm: | |
It's probably what they called the "Uniplan" model.The original crown isn't signed, so anything that's flat should work. It looks like what you have on there now, but with a larger diameter. |
   
Rodilla
New member Username: Rodilla
Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2007
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 07:09 am: | |
Thanks a lot Zaf. Should I change the crown?. Have you the correct replacement?. Another question, please. Inside the back of the watch is marked 1937 by a watchmaker. May be a date code for a reparation? Is it consistent with the movement serial number? Thanks again from Spain Juan Carlos |