What can people tell me about this? It’s 18k, manual wound, crown on back. Dealer states it dates to 1928. Priced at 3250 EURO. For the record, I’m suspicious it’s a redial.
There was no Jaeger-LeCoultre company in 1928. More likely, this watch is from the late 1930’s, after formation of the Jaeger-LeCoultre. Without movement pictures, I cannot say more. I have no idea what this type of watch sells for today. However, small ladies watch have been out of style for many years and are not likely to rebound anytime soon. Most women don’t wear watches anymore, and those that do prefer men’s watches. gatorcpa
The value is nowhere near 3250 euro, and I too think it is a redial. The back crown is interesting though. I can't imagine that would be comfortable though.
Thanks all for your input! To clarify, this was something someone I know was looking at, and I was wary hence the post.
My 2c: I think it's hard to be sure either way - and I think, to be honest, unless people here are literally watch historians working for the relevant brands, there's not much any of us know about definitive originality of obscure watches from the 1920s and 1930s. At least with not obviously terribly printed dials, I don't think we could say definitively this watch here is definitely a redial, particularly with a single blurry photo. That being said, my opinion would be that unless you have evidence that it isn't a redial, anything that old (i.e. unless you're basically buying it from the original owner), is probably safer to assume they're all redials. For Example, below is a watch sold by a leading watch auction house that was apparently from the original owner, and so is verified as being all original (according to the owner anyway). This is a watch from the early 1930s. I feel like however if it was in slightly better condition, if you posted it here many people would say 'thats a redial'.