Jaeger-LeCoultre (watch brand)

Jaeger-LeCoultre is a luxury watch manufacturer founded in the early 19th century based in Le Sentier, Switzerland . To date, he has developed hundreds of inventions and more than 1,000 calibres, including the world's smallest caliber, the world's most complicated wristwatch, and semi-permanently moving timepieces. Today, Jaeger-LeCoultre has eight watch collections and maintains multiple partnerships in areas as diverse as marine conservation, motorsport and polo. Since 2000, it has been owned by Richemont, a Swiss luxury group. 
The first records of the LeCoultre family in Switzerland date back to the 16th century. Pierre LeCoultre (c.1530-c.1600), a French Huguenot, flees from France to Geneva due to religious persecution. In 1558 he was admitted as a 'inhabitant', but only the following year he obtained land in the Vallée de Joux . A small community formed over time, and in 1612, Pierre LeCoultre's son built a church on the site, which was the beginning of the village of Le Sentier. It is here that the Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture stands today. 
In 1833, Antoine LeCoultre (1803-1881) invented a machine for cutting clock pinions from steel. Along with this, Antoine opened a small watchmaking atelier in Le Sentier to hone his skills in producing high-quality timepieces. In 1844, Antoine invented the world's most accurate measuring instrument, the millionometer, and in 1847 developed a keyless system for winding and setting watches. Four years later, at the first World's Fair in London , he was awarded a gold medal for the accuracy and mechanization of his timepieces . In 1866, when watchmaking still relied on hundreds of small cottage workshops  , Antoine and his son Elie (1842-1917) opened LeCoultre & Cie, the first full-fledged Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux. was founded, bringing together many technologies related to watchmaking under one roof. In 1870, under this Manufacture, mechanization was introduced for the first time as part of the production process for calibres with complications. In the same year, the Manufacture employs 500 people and LeCoultre & Cie becomes known as the 'Grand Maison of the Vallée de Joux'. By 1900, over 350 calibers had been produced, of which 128 had a chronograph function and 99 had a repeater mechanism. For 30 years after 1902, LeCoultre & Cie produced most of the movements for Patek Philippe in Geneva.
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