1940s Jaeger-LeCoultre Copper-Salmon Dial | Triple Calendar | Ref.2904 | Teardrop lugs - Large 36mm Stainless Steel | With Box

This Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of those watches that perfectly captures the quiet confidence of 1940s design. At a glance, it’s refined and understated, but spend a moment with it, and the details begin to unfold. The 36 mm case sits right in that sweet spot between elegance and wearability, its proportions elevated by the unmistakable teardrop lugs that catch the light like sculpted ribbons of metal. Beneath the domed crystal lies a beautifully balanced dial, with twin apertures for day and month, a peripheral date track marked in red, and a needle-thin central hand tracing each passing day.

Inside beats Jaeger-LeCoultre’s calibre 484/A, a manually wound movement that embodies the brand’s post-war pursuit of mechanical finesse. The triple-calendar complication feels both practical and poetic, a snapshot of timekeeping when the calendar function was a marvel of miniaturization.

And then there’s the dial, that copper-salmon hue that seems to dance with the light, shifting between warm rose and soft champagne depending on the angle. It’s absolutely captivating. Clean examples like this have become almost mythical; most have long since faded or been retouched. But here, every detail remains intact, the crisp typography, the rich red of the date numerals, the sharp gold markers, all wrapped in that gentle, time-earned glow that only the decades can produce.

CONDITION

The case is in great shape and possibly unpolished. The engravings are perfectly visible on the case back, the dial is clean and complete, with some very light aging spots only noticeable at very close inspection.

THE FINE PRINT

Maker: Jaeger-LeCoultre Ref.2904
Year: 1940s
Material: Stainless Steel
Dimensions: 36mm diameter
Crystal: Plexiglass 
Lume: Non
Bracelet/Strap: New handmade strap
Box/Papers: Non

 -This watch was photographed on a 6.9 inch / 175mm wrist.