1950s LeCoultre Powermatic – Gold Innovation with Power Reserve
A refined and historically important LeCoultre from the 1950s, this Powermatic pairs elegant design with technical innovation. Housed in an 14k gold case, it features a beautifully balanced champagne dial with sick hands, hour markers, and the signature power-reserve display.
Inside ticks the automatic bumper Caliber 481 — one of the earliest movements to combine automatic winding with a power-reserve indication, celebrated for its distinctive rotor motion and reliability. At 34 mm, the watch wears with confident vintage presence while remaining perfectly elegant.
A charming and mechanically significant dress watch that captures LeCoultre’s pioneering spirit in mid-century watchmaking.
- wrist size in our picture is 18cm circumference -
DIAL:
- original never touched champagne dial in great condition
- original hands & crown
STRAP & BUCKLE:
CASE:
- great overall condition, showing minor traces of use
- 3- body 14k gold case with screw on case back
- 34 mm (without crown) / 42 mm (lug-to-lug) / 17 mm (between lugs) / 12 mm thick
- Ref.: 1339
- year: 1950s
- total weight: 40 g
MOVEMENT:
- LC Caliber 481 - automatic bumper
- 17 jewels, 18000 A/h, 40 hours power reserve
- professionally serviced 02/2026
- +6 sec/d / 270°
BOX & PAPERS:
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GOLDAMMER certificate of authenticity & service documentation card
- GOLDAMMER box
GOLDAMMER REFERENCE: #1456