Vallée de Joux

A brief intruduction of the Mater Minute Repeater of the Vallée de Joux seires.

In 2009, the artists of the Manufacture wished to present an exceptional series illustrating a traditional enamel technique – grand feu – on a famous timepiece in the Jaeger-LeCoultre collection: the Master Minute Repeater.

The Manufacture has chosen to treat the dial of the Master Minute Repeater to a stunning interpretation in the form of enameled miniatures of four famous historical paintings depicting Venus, the goddess of love. These works stem from a variety of sources of inspiration encompassing the Italian Renaissance, the Spanish school of art and French classicism, as embodied by the famous examples selected by the master-enamellers of the Manufacture: ‘The Birth of Venus’ by Botticelli; ‘The Venus of Urbino’ by Titian; the ‘Rokeby Venus’ by Velasquez and ‘Venus Anadyomène’ by Ingres.

The creative talents of the Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux have chosen to associate the testimony of their admiration for these great painters with the crystal-clear sound of the Master Minute Repeater. Nonetheless, in order to preserve the authentic hierological nature of these exceptional artistic accomplishments, the four unique watches dedicated to the great names in the universal painting heritage do not merely show the hours and minutes. They are also distinguished by the presence of two additional indications appearing on the dial in a manner that is both ideally legible and perfectly discreet: the torque released by the two barrels is shown at 4 o’clock, and the power reserve at 8 o’clock.

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