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IW RATING
SYSTEM LEGEND
30-39:
A great timepiece that may suffer from one or
more weak points weighing down the overall score.
40-49:
A superlative example
of fine timekeeping.
JAEGER-LECOULTRE
Master Grande Tradition Répétition
Minutes Perpétuelle
Within its new Master Grande Tradition Répé-
tition Minutes Perpétuelle, Jaeger-LeCoultre
introduces a new gong system the brand says
creates an “idealized chime” thanks to its newly
developed gong configuration.
Two gongs, welded together at their base,
travel in the same direction around the edge of
the movement, then arch upwards, traversing
the entire height of the movement. The gongs
then diverge to the other side of the move-
ment, stopping just before their ends meet.
Interestingly, the winding rotor of the Caliber
950 is hidden within the movement, posi-
tioned between the perpetual calendar and
minute repeater. This allows for a full view of
the movement from he back of the watch.
The watch, a rare automatic chiming model,
features a 43mm white gold case and offers
hours/minutes, the minute repeater and a full
perpetual calendar with day, date, month, moon
phase and four-digit year.
Dial options are blue guilloché enamel and
grained silver, with each dial version sold as a
thirty-piece limited edition. Price: $270,000
(blue enamel dial) and $237,000 (silvered dial).
32 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2019