Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-LeCoultre is a Swiss watchmaker based in Le Sentier, in the Vallée de Joux. Antoine LeCoultre founded it in 1833, and in 1866 he and his son Elie opened the valley's first full manufactory, bringing watchmaking skills under one roof. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Richemont since 2000.

The company has produced more than a thousand movement calibres, and enthusiasts call it "the watchmaker's watchmaker." Its best-known model is the Reverso, created in 1931 with a case that flips over to protect the dial during polo matches; the name comes from the Latin for "I turn around." Other notable pieces include the 2009 Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie with 26 complications and the atmospherically driven Atmos clock, which needs almost no energy and no winding by hand. Today it makes luxury mechanical watches, from the Reverso line to complicated pieces.