To know the primacy of the Le Sentier manufacture’s watchmaking traditions, one wants solely at their 1950s Jaeger-LeCoultre triple calendar. As befitting their nickname “watchmaker’s watchmaker”, the identical triple calendar calibre was provided to Cartier and Vacheron Constantin; in that respect, it’s a historic illustration of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s artwork of precision in each design and manufacturing experience. Therefore for Watches & Wonders 2020, the brand new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronograph Calendar is evocative of this legacy.
It stands to cause that if over 50 years on, the unique Jaeger-LeCoultre Triple Date Calendar assortment nonetheless serves because the inspiration for the model’s new Master Control Chronograph Calendar, it’s positively one thing to be mentioned for its place within the annals of historical past as a watchmaking icon.
Aesthetically, simply as the unique, the brand new Master Control Chronograph Calendar is completely balanced, permitting for intuitive studying of the triple-calendar indications with one essential concession: the central date pointer has been moved to a mix moonphase and date subdial with a view to make the mandatory house for the chronograph indications.
The Watches & Wonders 2020 flagship sees the Grande Maison releasing a newly developed manufacture motion for his or her newest Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronograph Calendar. New built-in chronograph calibres are a rarity, and with the Calibre 759, utilizing the basic structure of the 2004 chronograph Calibre 751, we’ve seen our second in two years, the opposite from 2019’s Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT, Jaeger-LeCoultre combines a chronograph with a triple calendar show and a moon-phase for his or her new Master Control Chronograph Calendar (although I’m nonetheless ready for affirmation from HQ however I’m pretty sure given the 12.5mm thinness – it’s not only a module slapped on) and it’s deeply evocative of the Le Sentier manufacture’s legacy from each a visible and technical perspective.
Peter Speake-Marin, namesake founding father of his indie model and now the Bare Watchmaker, as soon as deconstructed a classic Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Calendar and located that “over all motion design and proportions are excellent for classical chronometry and longevity”.One assumes with new high quality management protocols and the benefit of contemporary imaging instruments have enabled Le Sentier watchmakers to method exact tolerances and slavish ranges of ending for his or her newest Master Control Chronograph Calendar motion.
Slightly below 12 o’clock twin apertures of the brand new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronograph Calendar show day and month respectively in daring pink lettering, whereas a red-tipped date hand harking back to its classic Master Triple Calendar predecessor factors to the date, which is proven on an out of doors chapter ring (additionally in pink). A tachymetric counter replaces the date scale on the periphery of the dial, making the Grande Maison’s newest Master Control Chronograph Calendar a deeply trendy interpretation of a classic traditional.
Newest Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronograph Calendar
Motion Automated Cal. 759 with 65 hours energy reserve
Case 40 mm chrome steel with 50 metres water resistance
Strap Alligator Leather-based
Worth of Master Control Chronograph Calendar CHF 14,500 or S$21,600