IN THE MAKING

THE 180 CRAFTS OF AN INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE

OVERVIEW

INTRODUCING IN THE MAKING

In the heart of the Vallée, since 1833, thousands of watchmakers and detail-passionate people have crossed the doors of the Manufacture to create timeless timepieces meant to last for generations. They have dedicated, their time, their heart, and their soul to imagining, creating, producing, and assembling those timepieces. This movie series "In The Making" is telling their stories, paying tribute to those people, one craft at a time, gesture after gesture. 

PLAYLIST

5 STEPS TO MANUFACTURE A WATCH

As every step counts in a fully integrated Manufacture, the series is articulated around five chapters to tell the stories of all craftsmen and women of the Manufacture. 

STEP 1: DESIGN
From the idea to the first prototype
Jaeger-LeCoultre - In the Making Step 2 : Produce - Watchmaker blanking process upper view
STEP 2: PRODUCE
The first steps to manufacturing timepieces
STEP 3: FINISH
Attention to details
STEP 4: ASSEMBLE
The crosspath of tradition and modernity
STEP 5: ORNAMENT
Ancestral know-how

STEP 1: DESIGN

From the idea to the first prototype
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Where the process of creating begins
DESIGN
Sketching the new faces of Jaeger-LeCoultre

STEP 2: PRODUCE

The first steps to manufacturing timepieces
BLANKING
The memory of the Manufacture

STEP 3: FINISH

Attention to details
POLISHING
The final touch
PAD PRINTING
Ink transfer
BEVELING
Refined expertise

STEP 4: ASSEMBLE

The crosspath of tradition and modernity
RESTORATION
Perpetuated patrimony

STEP 5: ORNAMENT

Ancestral know-how
ENAMELLING
Between painting and chemistry
ENGRAVING
Engrave your own story
GEM-SETTING
Precious gestures
What's next

The story continues

The history of Jaeger-LeCoultre
The history of Jaeger-LeCoultre
One of the only Manufactures which creates, develops, decorates and produces all timepieces within its own workshops.
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The Vallée de Joux
The Vallée de Joux
Discover the calm and serene setting of the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, where our Manufacture is located.
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