The year 2013 marks the 180th Anniversary for Jaeger-LeCoultre. Founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre, the Grande Maison has developed a Jubilee Collection to mark the occasion.
Amongst some of the new development unveiled in 2013 are the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee and the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique A Quantieme Perpetuel Jubilee. First, the Gyro 3.
As with the Gyro 2, the Gyro 3 comes fitted with a spherical balance-spring in the flying tourbillon. Additionally, the Gyro 3 comes with a monopusher chronograph with an instantaneous digital display. Only in platinum, the watch comes as a limited edition of 75 pieces.
The Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique A Quantieme Perpetuel Jubilee is no less impressive. When I first saw the watch, I thought it was one of those "tell-me-what-you-wish-in-a-watch" type. Didn't think JLC could squeeze so many features into a wristwatch. Kudos JLC!
The flying tourbillon comes with a cylindrical balance spring that on top of looking great while it spins also drives accuracy. The watch is in platinum and comes with an automatic calibre 985 and is limited to 180 pieces.
The watch also comes with a perpetual calendar with a four digit year indication. The automatic watch also comes with a silver-grained dial.
At the rear of the self winding perpetual calendar is an 18K pink gold rotor which reveals a representation of the gold medal brought back by Jaeger-LeCoultre from the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1889.
Earlier on in the year when we attended the SIHH 2013 collection event, I was really taken by the Master Ultra Thin Perpetual. The dial is clean and very legible and comes with a four digit year indication. I particularly like the rose gold version with the beige dial. Will find time to photo that watch when it becomes available.
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