Jaeger-LeCoultre

In 1833, Antoine LeCoultre founded a watch workshop in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland; and three short decades later, he established the region’s first manufacture that housed all the labor necessary to create watches under one roof. It was a revolutionary idea during an era when watchmaking skills were traditionally spread across small workshops. The company became Jaeger-LeCoultre in 1937 when the founder’s grandson, Jacques-David LeCoultre, joined forces with renowned French watchmaker Edmond Jaeger.