First debuting in 1992, the Jaeger LeCoultre Master collection is a vintage-inspired family of timepieces rooted to the 1950s aesthetic of old with elegant dials, refined constructions and brilliantly executed movements – all benchmarks of JLC’s talents as a watchmaker. However, in 2008 JLC decided to expand upon the Master collection and release the Master Grande Tradition À Répétition Minutes that we have here as a limited edition collection of 175 pieces to celebrate the brand’s 175th anniversary. Breaking from the collection’s traditionalist construction style, the result watch is a pure expression of modern watchmaking, with a skeletonized dial that provides a wonderful top-down view of its anthracite-finished manual-wind cal. 947 movement. With a 15-day power reserve – as shown by its retrograde indicator at 8 o’clock which is mirrored by a retrograde torque indicator at 4 o’clock, the timepiece’s display showcases JLC’s impressive control of modern watchmaking aesthetics, even if they are famed for more classical designs, as the Master collection typically demonstrates.

Created as a means to showcase the brand's talents as the "watchmaker's watchmaker", the Master Grande Tradition À Répétition Minutes is an exuberant display of JLC's craftsmanship and horological engineering might.