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··Mrs Nataf's Other SonUG had an impressive portfolio of firms that it supplied chronograph movements to. These included manufactures - Vacheron, Girrard Perregaux, Zenith - as well as retailers - Hermes, Jaeger. This is one of the latter.
Beautiful lacquer finished dial with sleek, art-deco numerals.
The pattern is well-documented in UG's repretoire in both silver-on-black and black-on-white, and coincidentally, when you go to the history section of JLC's website, under the 1947 - chronograph entry (http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/content/chronograph-wristwatches), you get this:
The black dial presents the usual photographic difficulties
Unfortunately the dealer from whom I bought this went a little nuts with the case polish - I doubt it was this flawless when it left Mr. Jaeger's shop
Inside is a workhorse Universal Cal 285, such as one might find in Compurs or UNi-Compaxes but for some changed bridges. It is marked Fab. Suisse, like the dial and the case, identifying it as a french market watch, as one would expect with a Jaeger.
The case number dates it to 1936, which is consistent with the 'Jaegaer' (as opposed to Jaeger-LeCoultre'). The 4 digit reference is also consistent with that date.
With the other small chronograph http://omegaforums.net/threads/small-chronograph-1-omega-101-002.9433/#post-110619
May thanks to Noodia for helping me vet this, and particularly for his research and insights regarding dial printing for this model.👍
Beautiful lacquer finished dial with sleek, art-deco numerals.
The pattern is well-documented in UG's repretoire in both silver-on-black and black-on-white, and coincidentally, when you go to the history section of JLC's website, under the 1947 - chronograph entry (http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/content/chronograph-wristwatches), you get this:
The black dial presents the usual photographic difficulties
Unfortunately the dealer from whom I bought this went a little nuts with the case polish - I doubt it was this flawless when it left Mr. Jaeger's shop
Inside is a workhorse Universal Cal 285, such as one might find in Compurs or UNi-Compaxes but for some changed bridges. It is marked Fab. Suisse, like the dial and the case, identifying it as a french market watch, as one would expect with a Jaeger.
The case number dates it to 1936, which is consistent with the 'Jaegaer' (as opposed to Jaeger-LeCoultre'). The 4 digit reference is also consistent with that date.
With the other small chronograph http://omegaforums.net/threads/small-chronograph-1-omega-101-002.9433/#post-110619
May thanks to Noodia for helping me vet this, and particularly for his research and insights regarding dial printing for this model.👍
