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Jaeger watch history
Jaeger is a luxury British watch maker brand founded over 120 years ago. Renowned for designing stylish womenswear in the fashion market, Jaeger has over 130 stores in the UK and Europe and was the first company to operate on a concession basis.
The history of
Jaeger Le Coultre watches goes back over 150 years when Le Coultre was a leading supplier of watch parts and movements to many of the biggest
Swiss watchmakers such as Vacheron,
Audemars,
IWC, and
Patek. When Le Coultre joined forces with Edmund Jaeger, the company took a new direction, introducing its own line of watches - manufactured completely in-house.
In 1844, Jaeger Le Coultre measured the micron for the first time; creating the world's most precise measuring instrument, the millionometer (a device capable of measuring to the nearest thousandths of a millimetre). In 1847, Jaeger Le Coultre created a revolutionary system that eliminated the need for keys to rewind and set watches. A push-piece activated a lever to change from one function to another.
Throughout the 20th Century, Jaeger designed many firsts including the world's thinnest pocket watch movement, the Duoplan watch, the world's smallest movement Caliber 101 and the 8 day double-barrel wristwatch Caliber 124. In 2000 Richemont (
Cartier,
Baume & Mercier, Piaget, IWC and Mt. Blanc) acquired Jaeger Le Coultre.
The most noted and distinguishable watch range for Jaeger Le Coultre is the
Reverso, first created and patented in 1931. For women, Jaeger has many different Reverso models with numerous diamond combinations.
In 1961, Jaeger produced the Deep Sea Alarm - the world's first dive watch with alarm movement. A few years later, Jaeger Le Coultre took part in creating the first quartz wristwatch. Then in the 80s came the
Grand Réveil, a perpetual calendar comprising no less than 350 parts.
Jaeger's most recent watch collection is the
"Master Control" series. These round watches come in a variety of different styles.
Their size is large compared to the rest of the line, and often appeals to men looking for something between a Patek and a Breitling. Jaeger also manufactures the Atmos clock (after purchasing the patent from Jean-Leon Reutter, who invented it in 1920).
To this day, Jaeger Le Coultre is one of the few companies in Switzerland that still produces its own movements, cases, dials, hands, and bracelets. Virtually every single component in a Jaeger LeCoultre watch is hand-finished, and produced in-house.
Types of Jaeger watches
The watches available in the Jaeger range are:
AMVOX Alarm, Atmos, Duometre, Ideale, Master Calendar, Master Compressor Automatic, Master Compressor Chronograph, Master Compressor Diving Master Compressor Dualmatic, Master Compressor Extreme LAB, Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph, Master Compressor Geographic, Master Compressor GMT, Master Compressor Lady, Master Compressor Memovox, Master Control, Master Date, Master Eight Days, Master Geographic, Master Grand Tourbillon, Master Grande Memovox, Master Grande Reveil, Master Hometime, Master Minute Repeater, Master Moon, Master Perpetual, Master Reserve De Marche, Master Twinkling Diamonds, Master Ultra-Thin, Reverso Art Deco, Reverso Classique, Reverso Date, Reverso Duetto, Reverso Duetto Classique, Reverso Duo, Reverso Eclipse, Reverso Florale, Reverso Grande Automatique, Reverso Grande Date, Reverso Grande GMT, Reverso Grande Reserve, Reverso Grande Taille, Reverso Joaillerie, Reverso Lady, Reverso Memory, Reverso Serti Neige, Reverso Squadra Chronograph, Reverso Squadra Hometime, Reverso Squadra Lady, Reverso Squadra World Chronograph, Reverso Sun Moon
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