Jaeger-LeCoultre – MASTER Ultra Thin Squelette Limited Edition NEW
Master Ultra Thin Squelette:
a close encounter between the watchmaking art and Rare Handcrafts
(Métiers Rares®)
a close encounter between the watchmaking art and Rare Handcrafts
(Métiers Rares®)
Lightness as a means of focusing on essentials. Daring to bare, yet attired in the most dazzling finery. Such are the messages delivered by the Mater Ultra Thin Squelette collection comprising four watches that cause a sensation by revealing themselves in their entirety to the admiring gaze.
Enbodying the inventiveness and the alliance of 180 fine skills
Both inside and outside, the areas upon which the master artisans have lavished their talents – right to the very core of each model – reveal their innermost soul. Through the beauty and expertise it expresses, the Mater Ultra Thin Squelette follows in the wake of the Hybris Artistica collection, embodying the inventiveness and the alliance of the 180 fine skills safeguarded by Jaeger-LeCoultre under its own roof. In its turn, Mater Ultra Thin Squelette watch pursues a mission of carrying the observer to the heart of skeleton work, or the art of empty space raised to an absolute art form.
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Ultra-thin horology has been a longstanding tradition at Jaeger-LeCoultre since 1907. The Grande Maison has chosen to associate it with other spheres of excellence, skeleton working, engraving, enamelling and gem-setting. Combining them is a daring choice.
Jaeger-LeCoultre plays in this instance with the extremely reliable Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 849ASQ to nurture emotions. As if infiltrated into the heart of the labyrinth, the gaze wanders (and wonders) among the gear wheels. It traces its path along the hand-engraved bridges, finely chamfered in even the most apparently unattainable corners to which the artisan has nonetheless managed to give a special glow. The eye moves across a millimetre-accurate decor having called for extreme precision and dexterity, noting the fascinating light effects created by dedicated Haute Horlogerie finishes.
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All around the movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre has devised an elaborate stage-setting for the hours and minutes bearing its inimitable style signature. Harmony and clarity, both fundamental principles of the Grande Maison, are embedded in the genetic heritage of this new creation. The Manufacture has treated the Mater Ultra Thin Squlette to a dial divided into 12 zones, each delineated by hour-markers crafted in keeping with the noblest watchmaking traditions. Reading the time thus becomes both easy and pleasant. In the same way, the minute circle crowning the movement, revealed like a rare object, also demonstrates this ever-present concern for functionality.
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The Rare Handcrafts (Métiers Rares®) featured on both the front and back of the watch are the very essence of these models presented in four different interpretations. Each Mater Ultra Thin Squelette watch represents perfectly thought-out, seamless integration of design, watchmaking artistry and exceptional expertise.
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Master Ultra Thin Squelette and the art of enamelling
Enamelling is an art: that of colour born from fire that gives it a unique intensity and immutability over time. Envisaging enamel to adorn the Mater Ultra Thin Squelette watch represented a sizeable challenge, since the combination of this eminently delicate technique with the skeleton working of the movement – and all within an ultra-thin 3.6 mm thick case – is an authentic feat.
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The white or pink gold is first adorned with a guilloché motif that gives a distinctive rhythm to the overall aesthetic of the watch. The artisan then applies the enamel to the dial surface and proceeds to the successive firing operations that reveal the chosen shade: a strongly pigmented deep blue for the white version, or a frosted chestnut brown to match the pink gold of the case. The back of the enamelled Mater Ultra Thin Squelette watch provides a mirror image of the sequenced hour-zone design, highlighted by the energy of the colour. These two models are issued in 100-piece limited series forming a contemporary and highly distinctive field of expression.
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Master Ultra Thin Squelette and the art of engraving on mother-of-pearl and gem-setting
Using mother-of-pearl and diamonds on a men’s watch is a strong aesthetic choice in itself. It is proven to be a judicious one when the watch is held in the palm of the hand, where it becomes clear that radiance is the guiding thread in the gem-set Mater Ultra Thin Squelette. This principle begins with the light that plays across the watch components that are engraved or finished according to a palette of techniques creating subtle contrasts. Then comes the shimmering iridescence of mother-of-pearl. Each of the hour zones is adorned with natural white mother-of-pearl that is hand-engraved to texture this delicate material. This technique also gives a unique rhythm to the dial via a kinetic effect.
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Finally, the fire of the brilliant-cut diamonds on the bezel sets the crowning touch to this masterfully sophisticated design. The Mater Ultra Thin Squelette gem-set version flaunts its charms on each of its surfaces. On its 38 millimetre-diameter case measuring just 4.7 millimetres thick, the slender caseband has been meticulously hand-engraved. Finally, the back of the watch provides an identical replica of the watch face. The hour zones are also adorned with engraved mother-of-pearl, forming a glowing ring around the skeleton movement visible through the sapphire crystal. The Mater Ultra Thin Squelette gem-set version comes in a graphic white gold or a warm pink gold version. Each model is issued in a 100-piece limited series.
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Technical Characteristics
Model: Mater Ultra Thin Squelette
References
18 ct Pink gold version:
Q13425SQ, limited edition of 100
Q1342501, limited edition of 100
References
18 ct White gold version:
Q1343501, limited edition of 100
Q13435SQ, limited edition of 100
Movement
• Mechanical manually-wound movement,
Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 849ASQ
• 33-hour power reserve
• 119 components
• 19 jewels
• 1.85 mm thick
Dial
• Openworked, enamelled – or Openworked, engraved mother-of-pearl
Hands
• Leaf-type
Functions
• Hours, minutes
Case
Diameter : 38mm
• Pink gold
• Pink gold set with brilliant-cut diamonds
• White gold
• White gold set with brilliant-cut diamonds
Strap
• Alligator leather, pin buckle 16.0 mm
* Available in Jaeger LeCoultre boutiques
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