4 The watchmaker of ingenuity

Design

At Jaeger-LeCoultre, designers sketch out ideas with a pencil and paper in a process that draws on the past, present and future, and work in intense collaboration with technical designers and movement constructors.

Design

A beautiful-looking design is of no use unless allied to engineering and technical design of the highest precision.

Production

At Jaeger-LeCoultre, the production process begins with raw metal, which is cut, rendered or treated to eventually take on the forms of different components.

Production

It ends – after countless different assembly steps – with final casing up and polishing, which brings the metal to life in a magical way.

Finishing

In accordance with its belief that a fine watch should be beautiful inside and out, Jaeger-LeCoultre attaches great importance to the fine finishing and hand decoration of watch movements.

Finishing

Finishing techniques range from traditional, such as perlage, Côtes de Genève, blueing of screws, chamfering and skeletonization, to modern, such as micro-blasting.

Assembly

Since 1833, Jaeger-LeCoultre has assembled its timepieces with great care, to ensure the best quality possible. Our master watchmakers are capable of assembling calibers with more than 1,000 parts, sometimes working for many months on a single movement.

Assembly

This drive for excellence is devoted to every timepiece.

Ornament

Bringing together centuries-old decorative crafts such as guillochage, engraving, gem-setting and enameling techniques, Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of the very few watchmaking Manufactures to have a dedicated Rare Handcrafts (Métiers Rares™) atelier under its own roof.

Ornament

There, working side-by-side, specialized artisans can exchange ideas and share their creative energy, while maintaining and perpetuating ancestral know-how within the Manufacture.