Swiss gold pocket watch with 8-day power reserve Circa 1940

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A fine and very rare Swiss, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with an 8-day power reserve and digit reserve indicator, circa 1940. A polished case, a sloped bezel. Silvered dial with applied gold Breguet numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock, digital power reserve aperture at 6. Yellow gold Breguet hands. A rhodium plated movement, 15 jewels, ¾ plate, engine turned decoration, large barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: LeCoultre  Swiss
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This unusual example of a LeCoultre 8-day running pocket watch was undoubtedly made for the United States market; however, it features the fine finishing of a Swiss market watch with a rhodium-plated movement and engine tuning on the ¾ plate. The digital power reserve aperture changes semi-instantaneously to display the power reserve in day format, 1-8 with a red dot when exhausted.