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Conquest of a Virgin Peak: Antoine LeCoultre’s Peak

Under the patronage of the Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux, the team of three mountaineers –  Swiss guide Stéphane Schaffter, renowned Apa Sherpa and Little Karim Baltis – have successfully scaled virgin summit in Himalaya, christened Antoine LeCoultre’s Peak. Three exceptional Jaeger Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces have been part of the adventure: the famous 1958 [...]

Jaeger-LeCoultre to Conquer the Himalayas

Under the patronage of the Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux, a team of three seasoned mountaineers, headed by the Swiss guide Stéphane Schaffter, is on-site in Nepal and currently gearing up to take up an extreme challenge: the ascension of a mountain in the Himalayas that has never yet been trod by human [...]

Jaeger-LeCoultre comes to the iPhone

Jaeger-LeCoultre has designed and created an iPhone App that aims to share the fascinating world of fine watchmaking with the public at large. You can choose the brand’s most iconic models, from the Reverso Squadra to the Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2, along with the Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic. Thanks to this application, iPhone owners explore [...]

New Luxury Watches marry Alfred Dunhill & Jaeger-LeCoultre

Alfred Dunhill has created two new watch models and is using it’s sister company Jaeger-LeCoultre watch movement to power the watches. Both Alfred Dunhill and Jaeger-LeCoultre are part of the Richemont SA luxury group. The two new exciting watches that were made are the Dunhill Facet and the Dunhill Classic. Dunhill Facet Featuring the Jaeger-LeCoultre [...]

Jaeger LeCoultre Grande Reverso Duodate Watches

One of the other great classic features of the Reverso is the possibility of providing dual displays on twin dials, an option showcased in this Duodate model. The silvered front dial shows the time in the reference time zone, complete with a small seconds display at 6 o’clock. A rounded date display arches across the [...]

Diane Kruger & The cast of Inglourious Basterds wearing Jaeger-LeCoultre at Cannes

Celebrating its 80th birthday this year, it mounted the red-carpeted steps at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on the wrist of Jaeger-LeCoultre muse Diane Kruger, accompanied by the entire cast of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Two worlds in which movement is an art, history means wealth and time spells energy. Movies share with Jaeger-LeCoultre the [...]

Luxury Watch Makers honored at BaselWorld 2009

As we have reported and the readers of two large German luxury watch magazines have answered. The question, What is the top watch of 2009? Fine watches are especially popular with European consumers, so much so, as that the national German-language newspaper Welt am Sonntag (The World on Sunday) and the magazine ArmbandUhren (Wristwatches) annually [...]

Jaeger – Le Coultre goes to the movies

The History of Jaeger-LeCoultre

In 1833 Antoine LeCoultre (1803-1881) founded a small workshop, which was to become the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre. In 1844, LeCoultre measured the micron (?) for the first time; he created the world’s most precise measuring instrument, the millionometer (a device capable of measuring to the nearest thousandths of a millimeter). In 1847, LeCoultre created a revolutionary [...]

Watch Picture: Jaeger-LeCoultre Watch

No words can describe this beautiful Jaeger-LeCoultre Watch!