The Watchmaker’s Watchmaker.  Officially founded in 1833, but with horological roots reaching back to the 16th-century Huguenots, Jaeger-LeCoultre built the tools that made watchmaking possible. In the Vallée de Joux, they invented the micrometer. They engineered the first keyless winding system. They crafted over 1,200 calibres, many of which powered the best names in the business: Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin. The Reverso, born in 1931 to outwit polo mallets, became an icon of Art Deco design. The Duoplan shrank complexity into elegance; the Futurematic abandoned winding entirely; the Memovox made waking up feel luxurious. Monarchs, movie stars, and modernists alike have worn JLC. In the 1970s, Jaeger-LeCoultre partnered with visionary fashion designer Pierre Cardin to create theEspacecollection. Fueled by the optimism of the space age and inspired by Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering 1961 flight, these experimental timepieces fused lucite, crystal, and sharply geometric metal forms with manual movements.  Collectors prize these sculptural rarities. Explore our curated collection of vintage Jaeger-LeCoultre watches. Each piece is a story of invention, of time turned collectible.