Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com Behold a landmark in Jaeger-LeCoultre history; the first in-house automatic chronograph movement. That's right, in 171 years encompassing over 1,300 original movements, JLC didn't build a "manufacture" automatic chronograph until 2004. And the watch housing this milestone machine, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph, is a stunner. Prior to the arrival of the Master Compressor series in 2002, Jaeger-LeCoultre sports watches had been a dormant species since the mid-1970s. Under avant-garde designer Magali Metrailler, the Master Compressor line drew from JLC heritage (note the dial cues from the Polaris '68) while forging forward into the 21st century. Each Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph features a dial composed of a concave tachymeter scale to set a suitably sporting tone. Moving inward, a gloss black dial and high-contrast white indices provide the kind of day/night legibility normally associated with a certain watchmaker from "Firenze." All elements of the chronograph readout can be viewed on the rotating disc at nine o'clock (hour register), the baton hand at three o'clock (minute register), and the sweeping white lancet chronograph seconds hand at center. A jump-date and constant seconds subdial at six o'clock complete the business end of the Master Compressor Chronograph. But no overview of a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor is complete without considering the namesake of the model line: the "Compressor" keys