Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vasilis Orfanos at the Dakar Rally 2011
Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph - an exceptional watch for an extreme competition
Jaeger-LeCoultre is supporting famous Greek motorbike rider Vasilis Orfanos during his 5th participation in the world’s toughest car rally: the Dakar Rally 2011. For this extreme competition he is wearing the exceptional Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph.
The Dakar Rally is the world’st toughest and most demanding motorsports race. The 2011 edition is running from 1st to 16th in the North of Argentina and Chile. The riders will cover a total 9,500km in extreme conditions. This is Vasilis Orfanos’ 5th participation in the Dakar Rally. He is the only Greek who has ever won 1st place in the 400cc category, on his first participation in the Dakar Rally, in 2003.
Jaeger-LeCoultre is always searching for new means to exceed expectations, and the brand thus naturally decided to participate in such an extreme ride with its Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph. Its Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 752 features an automatic chronograph combined with a world time function displaying simultaneously the time on the 24 different time-zones. It is the absolute sports watch, designed for extreme conditions and equipped with a patented shock absorber system protecting the self-winding chronograph movement from vibrations and jolts, even under the most extreme conditions such as heat, water and sand that the watch will be facing during the 16 days of the Dakar Rally.
Vasilis Orfanos has consistently demonstrated his dedication and passion to this Race. His courage and patience will help him in this extraordinary adventure that has started from Buenos Aires and will be trying once again this year to surpass his own limits.
Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vasilis Orfanos will thus be sharing this fantastic adventure that serves as a vivid reminder of the Manufacture’s constant efforts to push the frontiers of precision and performance by taking part in outstanding ventures.
Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates 175 years
An anniversary marked by the introduction of several exceptional models
Jaeger-LeCoultre is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2008. The Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux is taking this opportunity to revisit some of the finest moments of its long history and to create new milestones for its future. The Manufacture has an impressive range of world firsts, superlatives and legendary models to its credit, including the legendary Reverso, the Duoplan, the Master Control, the Memovox Polaris, the Gyrotourbillon 1 and the Atmos clock. In 2008, over 1,000 people mastering over 40 watchmaking professions and 20 cutting edge technologies continue to embody the pioneering spirit of the company’s founders by creating new masterpieces in the tradition of great watchmaking. These latest timepieces were presented at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, from April 7th to 12th. Discover theses timepieces by clicking here.
1833-2008
Discover some of the finest moments in Jaeger-LeCoultre’s history, revealed in The Story of the Grande Maison, available from our e-boutique.
Click here to enjoy a unique Haute Horlogerie experience with the Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2.
The “Craftsmen of Time” and their various arts
Technique at the service of emotion
Cut off from the world in the Vallée de Joux where time stands still, masterpieces of watchmaking, those instruments so symbolic of urban life, are born.
The most ancient and delicate decorative arts hold no secrets for the big firm of the Vallée de Joux. Enamel, engraving and the setting of precious stones are all highly skilled crafts which Jaeger-LeCoultre brings together to grace its watchmaking and artistic creations, and which it perpetuates under its own roof.
With limitless appeal and supreme elegance, the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre has developed unique new setting techniques which embellish the finest of today’s watchmaking creations.
The Salon International de la Haute horlogerie saw the unveiling of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s latest jewels... the Master Tourbillon 39 set Enamel, Master Tourbillon Skeleton, Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon with Perpetual Calendar, all masterpieces at the peak of refinement…
