Jaeger LeCoultre Futurematic E501 - Roy & Sacha Davidoff SA

Jaeger LeCoultre Futurematic E501 1950's

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Futurematic E501
Serial: 595094 / Mvt 752747
Circa: 1950's
Reference: E501

DIAL: Silver dial with gold hands and applied hour markers, two large registers displaying power reserve indicator at 9 o'clock and running seconds at 3 o'clock.

CASE: 37mm, stainless steel, sliding back crown and acrylic glass

MOVEMENT: JLC Caliber 497, Automatic ‘Bumper’ movement, 17 jewels

BRACELET: Leather strap

CONDITION REPORT: Excellent condition. Dial and hands are mint & the case appears unpolished. Overall stunning example.

NOTES:
The Jaeger LeCoultre Futurematic was launched in the early 1950's and the featured a power reserve indicator and an unusually placed seconds at 3 o'clock. The Futurematic E501 (cal 497) & E502 (cal 817) was well ahead of its time as power reserve indication was not something we had seen on wristwatches at that time and the placement of the seconds also made this configuration unusual. On this first E501 both are indicated by hands and on the subsequent E502, they were displayed through windows called 'porthole' and with an updated caliber.