Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-leCoultre Men's 1508420 Master Geographic Automatic Watch

• Quality Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Scratch-resistant-sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 40 mm

Product Description

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Stay on schedule in two time zones with the luxuriously designed Master Control Geographic men's stainless steel automatic watch from famed watchmaker Jaeger-leCoultre. Fashionably styled and meticulously engineered, it features a sublime dial design that simultaneously reveals local time as well as a second time zone. You can easily set the supplemental time zone by selecting a city from the open window below the subdial at the bottom, which includes a day/night indicator to the left.

Select the city representing the chosen time zone in the subdial aperture at 6 o'clock..

With the well designed dial, you can view time in two time zones with a quick glance.

The new-generation automatic movement further enhances this timepiece's reliability.

The Master Control Geographic has a silver sunray interior dial that's framed by silver triangular hour markers, Arabic numerals at the quarter hours, and small minute indexes. It also includes a date function via a subdial in the upper right. It's completed by a luxuriously supple brown crocodile leather strap. Other features include a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and water resistance to 50 meters--suitable for swimming but not for diving. The silver stainless steel watch case measures 40mm in diameter (1.57 inches) and 12mm thick (0.47 inches).

The 38-jewel automatic timing mechanism and variable inertia balance is enhanced with ceramic ball bearings that further enhance this watch's reliability. It has a power reserve of 43 hours, which is represented via a subdial at the top left of the dial. An automatic (or self-winding) watch is fitted with a device (rotor) that automatically winds the spring by using the force of gravity. It needs no battery, but it will stop if you have been physically inactive for an extended period of time--as long as you're moving, the watch will stay powered. Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet invented the self-winding mechanism in 1770. It worked on the same principle as a modern pedometer, and was designed to wind as the owner walked.

About Jaeger-LeCoultre

Originally designed in 1933, the ingeniously designed Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso became an iconic watch and Art Deco fashion piece.

Founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre and based in Le Sentier, Switzerland, Jaeger-LeCoultre has been at the forefront of timepiece engineering for well over 170 years. In 1844, LeCoultre revolutionized the watch industry with the invention of the millionometer, an instrument with which measurements of up to one thousandths of a millimeter could be made accurately. As a result, precisely finished components could be manufactured, resulting in greatly improved accuracy in timekeeping.

In 1925, the grandson of the firm's founder, David LeCoultre, merged the company with Edmond Jaeger, the exclusive supplier of watch movements to Cartier. Six years later saw the introduction of the famed Reverso, a wristwatch that could be turned 180 degrees within the case, thereby protecting the crystal and dial. More than just a sports watch, the Reverso became an embodiment of the Art Deco movement and an iconic model in luxury watchmaking.

Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of the few watchmakers in Switzerland that still produces its own movements, cases, dials, hands, and bracelets, and virtually every single component in a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch is hand-finished for strict quality control.

Product Description

Stainless steel case. Brown crocodile-pattern bracelet. Stainless steel bezel. Silver Dial with black hands and markers. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Automatic Movement. Case diameter: 40 mm. Tang clasp. Water Resistant At 50 Meters (165 Feet). Jaeger LeCoultre Master Compressor Geographic Mens Watch 1508420

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000VDX6CU
• Item model number: 1508420
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,649 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars JLC Master Geographic, April 10, 2008

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Iordanka "France" (France) - See all my reviews

I've taken this watch for my son's MSc degree. The watch is so smart, so elegant, it makes class and tech in the same time. The second time zone is very usefull for the persons who work in high finance and are interested to know when the Hong Kong (or any other) Stock Exchange is open. My son is very happy and he opens Master Geographic more times every day only to enjoy it.
I reccomend this perfect swiss gem for everybody who likes to look very smart.