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Jaeger-LeCoultre
Ref. Q5063540, 186.3.26.S
Master Grande Tradition à Quantième Perpétuel 8 Jours SQ
An exquisite and rare limited edition white gold skeletonized perpetual calendar wristwatch with champlevé enamel hour ring, moon phases, day and night, 8-day power reserve indication, warranty and presentation box, numbered 6 of a limited edition of 200 pieces
Full-Cataloguing
- The only skeletonized perpetual calendar wristwatch with 8 days power reserve
- Numbered 6 of a limited edition of 200 pieces
- Comes with full set of accessories
Introduced at SIHH 2016, the Master Grande Tradition à Quantième Perpétuel 8 Jours SQ represents Jaeger‑LeCoultre at its most accomplished. Inspired by a 1928 pocket watch from the manufacture’s own archives, it houses an elaborately skeletonized eight‑day perpetual calendar movement within a restrained white gold case, framed on both sides by hand‑crafted champlevé enamel rings.
A single corrector advances all calendar displays in unison; a security indicator warns against unsafe adjustments. These are the refinements of a manufacture that has spent two centuries perfecting not only how complications work, but how they are felt. Encircling the movement on both sides are art deco patterned green champlevé enamel rings, each pair requiring two days to complete.
Beneath this artistry lies a perpetual calendar movement cal. 876SQ, evolved from the 2004 Master Eight Days Perpetual. It is in fact the only skeletonised perpetual calendar wristwatch with such impressive power reserve.
Numbered 6 of a limited edition of 200 pieces, this watch will delight even the most seasoned collector.
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Swiss | 1833Not all companies in the watchmaking field have been able to stand the test of time quite like Jaeger LeCoultre, also known as the "watchmaker's watchmaker." Founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre and originally named LeCoutre, the firm provided watchmaking's top brands, such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet, the high-grade, unfinished mechanical movements with which they completed their watches.
In the early 1900s, Cartier's watch supplier Edmond Jaeger sought out LeCoultre's help in creating the world's thinnest watches. The collaboration resulted in the creation of Cartier's earliest Tank and Santos watches, all housed with LeCoultre movements. The duo decided to merge in 1937, and the firm officially became the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand by which collectors know and adore it today. Some of the firm's most significant and important timepieces include the Reverso, the Memovox, the Atmos clock and, among modern watches, their Master Complications.