Manufacturer
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Also recorded as: LeCoultre · LeCoultre & Cie · Jaeger Lecoultre · Antoine LeCoultre
Vallée de Joux manufacture that produced over a thousand calibres and supplied movements to many Geneva houses.
Antoine LeCoultre opened a workshop in Le Sentier in 1833. His Millionomètre (1844) measured to a thousandth of a millimetre, and LeCoultre & Cie became one of the first Swiss firms to bring all crafts under one roof (1866).
Collaboration with the Paris maker Edmond Jaeger from 1903 led to ultra-thin calibres and, in 1937, the Jaeger-LeCoultre name. Landmark products include the tiny calibre 101 (1929), the Reverso with its reversible case (1931), the Atmos clock powered by changes in air temperature, and the Memovox alarm wristwatch (1950).
- Country
- Switzerland
- City / centre
- Le Sentier, Vallée de Joux
- Founded
- 1833
- Status
- Active (Richemont since 2000)
- Key people
- Antoine LeCoultre (1803–1881); Edmond Jaeger (1858–1922); Jacques-David LeCoultre
Innovations & specialities
- Millionomètre (1844)
- Calibre 101, among the smallest mechanical movements (1929)
- Reverso (1931)
- Atmos perpetual-motion clock
- Memovox alarm (1950)
Works by Jaeger-LeCoultre in the catalogue
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Wristwatches · 1936
Jaeger Lecoultre wristwatch, 1936
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Clocks · 1937-1938
Skeleton clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre, Switzerland, 1937-1938
Science Museum Group, London
Wristwatches · circa 1950
Jaeger Lecoultre Triple Calendar, circa 1950
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Movements & Components · 1953
Automatic watch movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre, 1953, Geneva, Switzerland, showing self-winding mechanism
Science Museum Group, London
Wristwatches · 1953
Wrist-watch, 'Memovox' alarm, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Geneva, Switzerland, complete in steel case, 1953.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · circa 1960's
Jaeger Lecoultre Ados Calendrier, circa 1960's
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · circa 1960's
Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox, circa 1960's
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Clocks · circa 1960s
Lecoultre Music Alarm, ref. 2163, circa 1960s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Clocks · circa 1970
Jaeger Lecoultre clock, ref. 5052, circa 1970
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Clocks · circa 1970
Jaeger Lecoultre Table Clock, circa 1970
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Clocks · Sold in 1970
Jaeger Lecoultre Travel Desk Clock, Sold in 1970
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · circa 1970
Jaeger Lecoultre wristwatch, ref. 904511, circa 1970
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
