Maker: LeCoultre

Model: Power Reserve Automatic

Case Diameter: 35mm

Lug Width: 16mm

Movement: Caliber 481

Complication: Hours, minutes, seconds, power reserve indicator, all working.

Year: 1957

Condition: Displaying the percentage of battery left on a phone is what a power reserve indicator was when it became a mainstream complication on watches. LeCoultre is a brand who did this complication so well. This LeCoultre automatic has a 35mm 10k gold filled case and was manufactured in 1957. The case is in good condition, with the age of the case being displayed. The watch features concave fluted lugs the make the watch sit nicely on the wrist. The dial has evenly faded with patina that gives it an attractive look. The LeCoultre logo is printed on the dial. Below the applied hour marker at 12 o’clock is a display window showing the power reserve remaining in the watch, of which the maximum is 40 hours. The crystal does have a few scratches, most notably at 2 and 3 o’clock. The watch has an unsigned crown. The gold filled caseback has an engraved dedication “To Skip, B.S. in E.E, 5-26-57, O.S.U., Mom-Dad-Pete-Larry-Mike”. The inscription likely points to the sale and gifting of the watch to Skip from his family in 1957 upon graduation from Ohio State University with Bachelors Degree of Electrical Engineering.

The watch does not come with box and papers.

Want to see a video of the watch? Click here.

Our article about this watch can be found here.