1960s Jaeger LeCoultre Futurematic

A ten carat gold-filled Jaeger LeCoultre Futurematic watch. This beautiful and quite rare piece was part of the post World War Two push in self winding watches that followed the earlier Powerwind by JLC, which was the first production watch to include a power reserve. Launched by Jaeger LeCoultre in 1952, it was heralded as the "world's first fully automatic wrist watch”. Upon its launch it contained several features, many of which are unique to this day. There is no crown placed on the side of the case. Instead, like the original JLC Duo Plan watches, the crown is located on the back of the case. The company advertised that eliminating the space taken up by the winding and setting apparatus allows for a larger and heavier balance wheel, which in turn results in a higher degree of accuracy. In addition, while setting the time, a hacking mechanism stops the motion of the balance wheel allowing an easier synchronistic setting of time from the accurate source. The stop-work mechanism tha