Jaeger-LeCoultre watches

Jaeger-LeCoultre traces its origins to 1833, when Antoine LeCoultre set up a watchmaking workshop in Le Sentier in the Vallée de Joux, where the manufacture remains. A collaboration from 1903 between Jacques-David LeCoultre and Edmond Jaeger, a watchmaker for the French Navy, led to the name Jaeger-LeCoultre, adopted in 1937. The company has produced more than 1,200 different calibres. Richemont has owned it since 2000.

The Reverso, introduced in 1931, has a case that swivels to protect the dial and was designed to withstand polo matches. The Atmos clock, invented by Jean-Léon Reutter in 1928, runs on changes in ambient temperature and air pressure. The Memovox alarm watch dates from 1950; the Memovox Polaris of the 1960s had a triple case back to carry the alarm's sound under water. Collections include Reverso, Master, Polaris and Duomètre.