Best electronic gadgets 1940’s compass camera by jaeger lecoultre

Today at the section of best electronic gadgets we present you a luxury good from 1940’s. It’s Compass Camera By Jaeger LeCoultre. Few words about the history. The Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre was born in 1833 when Antoine LeCoultre, son of watchmaker Jacque LeCoultre, opened a small workshop in the Swiss town of Le Sentier. While Antoine was an excellent watchmaker, he was a brilliant inventor. In 1844 he changed the watch making world forever by inventing the Millionometre, a device that measures with an accuracy of one-thousands of a millimetre. It also spelt the end of chaotic Imperial units of measure and the final ascendancy of the metric system for watch making. Nowadays Jaeger LeCoultre sign can be found on the instrument panels of Bentley, Aston Martin, Lancia Astura, Delahaye, etc.

This compact 35mm camera was one of the most technically advanced gadgets of 1930s. The 1938 advertisement declared Compass the embodiment of scientific system in miniature cameras. “Built like a watch - as simple to use.” A finely-machined aluminum bodied camera incorporating a large number of features in a tiny volume. The Compass used 24×36mm negatives on glass plates or on roll film with optional roll back. Standard accessories included a tripod, cable release with special bayonet mount and processing outfits. The cameras were also engraved in French and German and carried national identifiers opposite the focal distance tab. Price: $1800/$2200.
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