60s Le Jour chronograph 'Tropical dial' Full Set

Le Jour watches started it’s humble beginning in the 1960’s, well known by watch aficionados and collectors worldwide for manufacturing Swiss made mechanical watches.

 

Masterfully designed Le Jour Chronograph watches using robust Valjoux movements were some of the most desired in that era due to its modest pricing and durability leading to its phenomenal success.

 

Collections were inspired by Auto-racing, Sailing, Yachting and Aviation.

 

Over the Years Le Jour established a reputation by making professional watches epitomizing precise engineering, dependable construction and using premium mechanical movements.

 

During 1980’s with the shift of demand from high end mechanical watches to the mass-oriented Quartz revolution, like many other European manufacturer’s, even Le Jour began to phase out the production and with time eventually for unknown reasons faded away completely.

 

The new journey of Le Jour has started, picking up the brand's heritage where it left off 30 years earlier, Le Jour is evolving to adapt iconic models of the past to current trend.

 

With great attention to the legacy, heritage and sentiments attached to this brand which made Le Jour invincible, the brand is being revived with complete commitment and dedication. maintaining its vintage charm, luxurious feel and assurance by using high-end materials, sophisticated reliable movements, we pay tribute to the traditional watchmaking by creating the same brilliance and excellence of yesteryears Le Jour watches.

 

The vision of Le Jour is to provide luxury timepieces of distinction to exclusive men looking for performance and precision from niche horological instruments.

In a plane, in a boat or under the wate, it really didn´t matter if you were an aviator, a yachtsman or a diver, this versatile chronograph would be the perfect tool watch for the job.

 

Featuring a divers rotative bezel, a mint dial aged into one of the most, if not the most, crazy beautiful tropical we’ve ever seen, a popping red 5 minute regatta countdown, a matching big lollipop chronograph sweep hand, a distinguished broad arrow hour hand, and a gorgeous lume, this bi-compax chrono is just to die for.

 

There is no wonder why these are becoming more and more collectible…

 

The watch is running good and keeping time, with all chrono functions working as they should. Underneath the 38mm (excluding crown) probably unpolished stainless steel case we find a robust, reliable and accurate manually-wound Valjoux 7730. The stainless steel waterproof case back has some normal wear and remains also probably unpolished letting visible all engravings. The acrylic crystal has some minor scratches. The bezel is in great shape too.

 

If all these features weren’t enough, let’s add the original box and guarantee papers making it an incredibly rare full set.

 

Overall, an affordable vintage chronograph that looks like a million bucks!