Pre-Owned Jaegar-LeCoultre by Analog Shift Shark/Vogue AS04264

WHY WE LOVE IT

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When you're a Shark you're a Shark — unless you're a Vogue!

The stunning chronograph you're looking at was once known by both names, depending on from whence you hailed. For the fashion-forward European market, it carried the Vogue name, and for us New World savages, the Shark. 

Always referred to internally as the Reference E.2643, the Shark/Vogue was a limited- production piece released by Jaeger-LeCoultre in the late 1960s as a response to the increasingly demanding sport chronograph market. Despite the prestigious name, the E.2643 saw limited commercial success at the time, ultimately bowing out after only a few years of production as the market was secured by the likes of Omega, Heuer, and Rolex. Sharing a number of key features with both Heuer and Rolex, the Shark/Vogue is a rare find today, and we were thrilled when it came through the door.

Sized at 40mm, the watch uses an Autavia 2446-styled case with thick beveled lugs, barrel pushers, an acrylic crystal and a rotating telemeter/12-hour bezel bezel, but unlike its Heuer cousin features a screw-down case back. A reverse-panda dial with triple subsidiary register layout evokes Autavias and Daytonas of the era, featuring registers for 30-minute and 12-hour counters along with sweeping subsidiary seconds. But with a fancy JLC wordmark and inner base-1000 tachymetre ring, the dial is distinctively LeCoultre. Powering this timepiece is the Calibre 72 manually-winding chronograph movement by Valjoux, a movement as robust as it is iconic.

With its incredibly crisp case and beautifully patinated dial, this rare chronograph is sure to make someone very, very happy!

OVERALL CONDITION

Case is in excellent condition overall with no signs of previous polishing and signs of normal wear consistent with age and use. Matte black Tritium dial with white subsidiary registers and outer tachymeter scale is in equally excellent condition with matching handset. 12-Hour Telemetre bezel shows light wear and light even fade. Case back shows light tooling marks. Unsigned 'hash-marked' crown.