Chronometrie Prize Announced The First Winner

Swiss Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre has scooped up first prize at Chronometrie 2009, the first timing competition in 35 years, for the Master Tourbillon. The Le Sentier-based manufacture also picked up second place for the Reverso Gyrotourbillon, according to the brand's own press statement.

The Chronometrie 2009 competition itself explicitly states that it will only announce the first prize, which it did with the Master Tourbillon. It has not announced, by agreement with the relevant watch brands, the names of the other 16 watches. Jaeger-LeCoultre of course has revealed one of the other watches as the Reverso Gyrotourbillon.

In the most basic terms, this means that the Master Tourbillon submitted by Jaeger-LeCoultre for this test, which goes far beyond what COSC does, is the most accurate timer in its field. Chronometrie reports that the watch gained on average 0.13 seconds per day and its rate did not vary by more than 0.28 seconds per day.