Jaeger-LeCoultre

hs111
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This indeed is a rarely seen Ref.. And with some bullish charme..And as you pointed out..

.. all the ingredients to make it a valid member of the (J)LC Diver family.
Somehow I always mix it up with another Ref, which has a red lollipop-type
seconds hand, and some common DNA ( Master Mariner ?)... - Darn, can't remember any more ! ..

2 Interesting little issues,
1/ the story about the ".. 3 interchangable (!!) inserts", mentioned on your ad:
for me your Le Coultre ad with various divers, which also mentions the Shark, - Ref 2643/2 , then with the World Time insert ( the one, we both have, and like a lot)

But your catalog also mentions (!!) two more inserts:
- one with hours markings (?),
- one more with 60 mins markings.=the Ref 2643/1 - While I have seen on pics the one with minutes ( 60 mins),
(whereby mine was transformed into) the WT, which has lots of appeal , IMO .
- Never seen the Ref with hours - insert. Also interesting, that in parallel to be called " Shark", for the 2643/2,
this WT version also was called " Vogue" in that catalog (1969).
2/ interestingly the shape of the Dolphin lugs, remind me on the Shark Chrono, AND that one on the whole case of my Breguet Type XX. - thus, probably JLC was using the same case- makers,
What do you think ?

Finally, as always my Best

hs

PS: Knowing your wife and your daughter, the latter with her recent step-in
Watch-World and Vintages, I would not be surprised, the f the little Dolphin
soon can be nicely seen on a female wrist

This message has been edited by hs111 on 2014-10-11 06:56:47

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