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Your Shirt Can Now Tell The Time.
At some point, every collector starts looking beyond the wrist.
The watch box is full. The daily rotation has been refined. The obvious pieces have come and gone. Then one day you stumble across something like this and suddenly the hobby feels wide open again.
A LeCoultre cufflink watch in solid 14k yellow gold, built for the American market during an era when watchmakers were willing to experiment with where time could live. A wristwatch was expected. A pocket watch was familiar. A watch attached to your shirt cuff was something else entirely.
And that is exactly what makes this pair so much fun.
One cufflink houses a manually wound LeCoultre calibre 490 while its partner remains a matching gold cufflink, creating a perfectly balanced pair. From a distance they appear as elegant mid-century cufflinks. Up close, one reveals a tiny silver dial tucked inside a sharply faceted square case.
The dial is particularly charming. A silvered surface, applied markers, stylized Arabic numerals at the cardinal positions, and dauphine hands combine into something that feels distinctly American in character. There is a touch of Art Deco lingering in the design, even as the watch moved into the cleaner lines of the post-war period.
Turning the cufflink over reveals another layer of history. The reverse is signed "14K GOLD D&A," referring to DiVincenzo & Arienti, one of the most respected American case manufacturers of the twentieth century. D&A produced precious metal cases for many of the world's finest watchmakers as they navigated the North American market. Their hallmarks appear on watches from Rolex, Omega, Vacheron Constantin, and LeCoultre, representing a fascinating collaboration between Swiss watchmaking and American manufacturing.
Collectors often speak about finding pieces that nobody else at the dinner table will be wearing. This is one of those pieces.
Whether your shirt cuff actually needs to tell the time is beside the point. It probably doesn't. But if you've ever wondered what comes after wristwatches, this pair offers a rather compelling answer.
Overall, this pair presents in excellent vintage condition.
The 14k yellow gold cufflink cases retain strong definition throughout the faceted surfaces with light superficial marks visible under magnification.
The silver dial remains well preserved with light spotting and age-related patina that does not distract from legibility.
The caseback is signed "14K GOLD D&A," denoting manufacture by DiVincenzo & Arienti for the North American market.
The hands remain original and the crystal shows light wear consistent with age.
Both cufflink fittings remain secure and function as intended.
The manually wound LeCoultre calibre 490 has been freshly serviced and keeping accurate time.
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