LeCoultre Calibre 50 Grande Complication
Vintage LeCoultre & Co ‘Calibre 50’ minute repeater split seconds chronograph perpetual calendar enamel dial moonphase movement for custom watch commission project.
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Le Phare Moonphase Calendar Quarter Repeater, 49 mm, circa 1890’s
This project, for a complicated “jumbo” custom built watch case, based on a repeating pocket watch movement from the 1890’s, aimed to rehouse the original vintage pocket watch movement into a new machine-built wristwatch case. Originally, 120 or more years ago, this watch was a rather large and rather heavy gold pocket watch, with a …
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