Jaeger-LeCoultre's "The Precision Pioneer" Traveling Collection
By Charlie Dunne
In Episode 19 of The Vintage Watch Podcast, Charlie Dunne and Eric Wind spoke with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Product & Heritage Director Matthieu Sauret about "The Precision Pioneer" Traveling Collection, Antoine LeCoultre, Edmond Jaeger, The Vallée de Joux, vintage JLC timepieces, The Collectibles, what Matthieu is hunting for his personal collection and for JLC’s Museum collection, and more.
While in New York, we had a wonderful evening at the Jaeger-LeCoultre & HODINKEE Cocktail with many friends and colleagues. The likes of Victor Boccarossa, James Stacey, Sarah Reid, Malaika Crawford were in attendance. We caught up with many of our friends at JLC including President of Jaeger-LeCoultre Americas Anne-Laure Ritter, Commercial Director at Jaeger-LeCoultre Peter Regout, and Senior PR & Communications Manager Andrea Persson Truppel. Social-media sensation and tastemaker Mike Nouveau, as well as Consignment Director at Heritage Auctions, Timepieces Joshua Hendizadeh were in the building.
The following day we enjoyed a wonderful experience at The Precision Pioneer Discovery Workshop with Industry mogul, friend and founder of Wrist Check Podcast Perri Dash, Chef extraordinaire and recent [full set] GMT-Master reference 1675 owner and friend JJ Basil, as well as content creating titan and soon to be legend Ben Cook of Ben’s Watches.
The Precision Pioneer collection is open to the public via online reservation, and those in the NYC area will have the chance to take a guided tour of the Discovery Workshop (RSVP here) or even register for the Atelier d'Antoine "The Precision Pioneer" Discovery Workshop (RSVP here), which is a 1.5-hour paid class with just five other participants that focuses on fine watchmaking in the 21st century.
Jaeger-LeCoultre's "The Precision Pioneer" traveling collection is currently on view at the brand's NYC boutique at 701 Madison Avenue and will run until September 24th. After NYC, the show hits the road to Los Angeles, where the collection will be on view from October 5th to 18th. New York City hours are 10 AM-6:30 PM on weekdays and 10 AM-5:30 PM on Saturdays. Please note that reservations are required for attendance.
“In 1844, Antoine LeCoultre invented the Millionometre. The first device capable of measuring a micron, it enabled not only to measure components with an unprecedented level of precision but also to miniaturise them even further. The Millionometre can be seen as Antoine LeCoultre’s inventive response to the miniaturisation made possible by the machines that he himself had invented and, in turn, the precision of its measurements made further miniaturisation possible. Very few examples of the Millionometre were made and the technology was jealously guarded by the Manufacture, where it served as the standard for precision for more than 50 years.”
