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Manufacture

 Our history

It was an invention that led to the first Jaeger-LeCoultre workshop. Since 1833, the Manufacture has not only fostered this heritage of invention, creativity and technical skill together under one roof but also constantly set out in search of innovation.

1559The first LeCoultre in the Joux Valley  
1833Foundation of the Manufacture  
1844The discovery of the micron  
1847The keyless watch  
1851London universal exhibition  
1858Elie LeCoultre joins his father Antoine  
1866The first Manufacture in the Joux Valley  
1870The great creator of complications  
1880Edmond Jaeger sets up in Paris  
1885Feminine elegance  
1888The Manufacture has over 500 employees  
1889Jaquemart repeaters  
1890Circa 1890. Minute repeater hunter pocket watch  
1891Double complications  
1892Instant chronograph  
1895Silent regulators and “cathedral” gongs  
1895Grand complications  
1900Circa 1900. Enamel pendant watch  
1900Jacques-David LeCoultre takes over production  
1903LeCoultre meets Jaeger  
1907The world’s thinnest movement  
1910Wristwatch pioneer  
1915Aeronautics and automobiles  
1925The Duoplan watch  
1926Small clocks  
1928Invention of the Atmos clock  
1928Grande complication email bleu  
1929The world’s smallest movement  
1931Invention of the Reverso  
1931The hidden winder  
19331933. Blue dial Reverso, model 201  
1936The Maharani’s Reverso  
1936Atmos II  
1937Official birth of the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand  
1938The Compass camera  
19381938. “Tuile” Duoplan, model 18008  
1939Calendar wristwatches  
1940Mark VII pilot watches  
1941Chronometry competitions  
1946First automatic Jaeger-LeCoultre watch  
1947Chronograph wristwatches  
1948First automatic watch with power-reserve indicator  
1949Mark XI pilot watch  
1949Tribute to Jacques-David LeCoultre  
1950Birth of the Memovox watch  
1953Futurematic  
1956First automatic wristwatch with alarm  
1958Geophysic chronometer  
19581958. Geophysic Chronometer, model 2985  
1959Memovox Deep Sea  
19591959. Montre Memovox Deep Sea, modèle E857  
1960Ladies creations  
1965Memovox Polaris  
1967Master Mariner Diving watch  
19671967. Memovox Polaris, model E859  
1970Memovox Polaris II  
1973Christopher Lawrence Atmos collection  
1979A new generation of Reversos  
1981A blaze of records for quartz calibres  
1984New Reverso case  
1989Grand Reveil  
1990Geographique  
1990Atmos takes on the moon  
1991Reverso 60ème  
19921000 hours control  
1994Two dials back to back  
1996Reviving the art of the enamel miniaturist  
1999The millennium Atmos in the desert  
2001Reverso Platinum  
2002Master Compressor  
2002Reverso Septantieme  
2002Snow setting  
2003Mysterious Atmos  
2004Gyrotourbillon 1  
2004Amvox  
2005Master minute repeater Antoine LeCoultre  
2006Reverso grande complication à triptyque  
2006Reverso Squadra  
2007A totally new watchmaking concept: the Dual-Wing  
2007Diving  
2007Extraordinary watches  
2007Extreme LAB  
2008Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2  
2008Atmos 561 by Marc Newson  
2009Top prizes in chronometry  
2009Hybris Mechanica a grande sonnerie  
2010Master Grande Tradition à Grande Complication  
2011The Reverso celebrates its 80th birthday  
20112011. Atmos 561 by Marc Newson, unique piece  
20112011. Reverso à éclipse by Zep, unique piece  

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