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·Yesterday I bought a watch. Yesterday, I bought a few watches, but I've been negotiating this one for three weeks ... and now I'm confused. I have searched online and read what I can and yet I'm still coming up blank. So, calling out to the knowledgeable on OF to see who's got a reference book or past knowledge to point me in the right direction.
The watch in question is a Jaeger LeCoultre Master Mariner.
What I know about this line of watches is that it was introduced in 1958 to celebrate Jaeger's 125th anniversary. It was a chronometer aimed at ships officers and essentially a waterproofed dress watch. The original iteration came with a 476-3 and was made for the American market, signed "LeCoultre" .
In the same year, Jaeger introduced the Geophysic range which eclipsed the more niche Master Mariner and this line seems to have been mostly forgotten.
My example seems to date to the later 1960s but what confuses me most is that it houses a K 881. It's also in steel and the dial signed Jaeger LeCoultre. The case is 34mm rather than the original 36mm (though with those lugs, it does wear bigger).
It's rare enouh for me to be unable to find the same watch online. It doesn't appear to have been altered at all and, apart from some stress fractures in the glass, is in superb condition.
So, my call out to OF ... is anyone familiar with this reference? And, secondly, is anyone holding a correct replacement glass with the internal trapezoid cyclops?
What won't photograph is the number on the outside of the caseback which is 1006680.
I look forward to any and all comments.
The watch in question is a Jaeger LeCoultre Master Mariner.
What I know about this line of watches is that it was introduced in 1958 to celebrate Jaeger's 125th anniversary. It was a chronometer aimed at ships officers and essentially a waterproofed dress watch. The original iteration came with a 476-3 and was made for the American market, signed "LeCoultre" .
In the same year, Jaeger introduced the Geophysic range which eclipsed the more niche Master Mariner and this line seems to have been mostly forgotten.
My example seems to date to the later 1960s but what confuses me most is that it houses a K 881. It's also in steel and the dial signed Jaeger LeCoultre. The case is 34mm rather than the original 36mm (though with those lugs, it does wear bigger).
It's rare enouh for me to be unable to find the same watch online. It doesn't appear to have been altered at all and, apart from some stress fractures in the glass, is in superb condition.
So, my call out to OF ... is anyone familiar with this reference? And, secondly, is anyone holding a correct replacement glass with the internal trapezoid cyclops?
What won't photograph is the number on the outside of the caseback which is 1006680.
I look forward to any and all comments.
