How the Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris is Made: From a Piece of Steel to an Expertly Finished Watch
Time+TideHow the Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris is Made: From a Piece of Steel to an Expertly Finished Watch
Holding a watch in your hands, and wearing it on your wrist is one thing. But seeing where that small, highly precise piece of machinery was designed, and how it comes to life is something completely different, as I found out when I visited Jaeger-LeCoultre’s manufacture in the Vallée de Joux earlier this year, and saw, firsthand, how the Polaris is made. I had seen the watches before, when the new collection was presented at SIHH, but seeing them at the Salon, accompanied by glossy power points, held by white-gloved hands in orderly display trays, is completely different to seeing them in their birthplace, surrounded by the machines and the people who made them.