LeCoultre bumper caliber 476 (12a) circa late 40s early 50s

Hello all,

Back on the market. Description amended with scans of the actual movement.

My 34mm LeCoultre has been sitting in a watch box. My wife never wears it as she finds it too big. Since we are looking to buy so property, she decided to let it go to fund our project

My research hasn't yielded much about this watch other than it's the very first automatic movement by Jaeger-LeCoultre. The 353xxx serial number suggests late 40s, early 50s. It can't say for sure as there is no database available. I've checked comparable case designs and serial numbers to guesstimate the approximate production period.

Here's the details:

Movement: LeCoultre (SS Bumper Automatic) - (LeCoultre, VXN) 17 jewel calibre 476 (12A) bumper automatic movement. I've managed to get pics of the actual movement.

I had it serviced in 2014 by Shane Ede in Toronto.

Dial: I'll call it an early redial. Very nicely done in any case. Lume glows after exposure to light then fades so I suspect à tritium redial.

Crown: Seems to be the original unsigned crown based on my research



Case: 34 mm without the crown. Excellent and very sharp stainless steel case and snap back, serial 353xxx

Full refund if misrepresented in any way.

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USD $329.00 OBRO shipped to Canada or the CONUS. International shipping at cost. Can be shipped from within the USA as I travel there on a weekly basis.

Very nice watch.
What would be the size?
Thanks

Oup...sorry..34 mm w/o crown

Define radium markers with life..

Hmm...It still glows? Not sure what's unclear?

Still glows after exposure to light? Or glows with no exposure to light.

If so how long?

Indeed, I also found that confusing. One doesn't generally associate radium with "life".

Perhaps I should explain why I’m asking. The odds of radium still having life are basically nill. I’m not sure anyone has live tritium for watches anymore. Neither of those will work for more then 30 seconds if exposed to light and in radiums case I don’t think it will at all. I’ve got a sneaky feeling it’s luminova.

I’m interested in the piece and need to factor the possibility and costs of reluming it with vintage colored luminova which might vary with what is on it.

Fair enough.

I’ll take into account all of the above and amend my description

Thanks for the heads up!

Cheers

Faz

Will repost with a more accurate description. I need to do more research

Thanks to all who commented.

Cheers

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