OUR IDENTITY
INTRODUCING IN THE MAKING
Paying tribute to the 180 watchmaking crafts gathered under one roof at our Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux, In the Making is a series of videos that bring viewers behind the scenes, revealing La Grande Maison’s inventiveness since 1833. Taking the artisans’ own words to explain their processes, each film conveys the passion and dedication that drive them to create timepieces that will last for generations.
SERIES OF VIDEOS
5 STEPS TO MANUFACTURE A WATCH
La Grande Maison’s watchmakers and craftsmen design, produce, decorate, assemble and ornament the most advanced and precise mechanisms with centuries-old savoir-faire. From the raw material to an exceptional finished timepiece, five major steps punctuate the production of a watch within our fully Integrated Manufacture.
STEP 1: DESIGN
From the idea to the first prototype
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
LA GRANDE MAISON
THE WATCHMAKER OF WATCHMAKERS
190+ YEARS
Since 1833, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s quest for excellence combines creativity and technical mastery.
430+ PATENTS
The Manufacture’s engineers and designers unite their passion and expertise to develop cutting-edge complications.
1400+ CALIBRES
Over the years, Jaeger-LeCoultre has never ceased to innovate, creating unique and original calibres of great complexity.
180+ CRAFTS
All watchmaking skills were brought under a single roof to create the Integrated Manufacture.
What's next
The story continues
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
Discover the calm and serene setting of the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, where our Manufacture is located.
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