{"id":2106524,"date":"2026-10-04T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=2106524"},"modified":"2026-10-05T00:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:42:52","slug":"jaeger-lecoultre-high-precision-guarantee-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2026\/10\/04\/jaeger-lecoultre-high-precision-guarantee-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaeger-LeCoultre engraves its guarantee on the back of the watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1970, three words appeared on the dial of the Polaris II: High Precision Guarantee. They signed a 4 Hz caliber and a promise of accuracy. More than five decades later, Jaeger-LeCoultre takes up those three words to make them a hallmark. It is no longer read on the dial but on the back, on the caseback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seal was introduced in April 2026, at Watches &amp; Wonders, on the Master Control Chronom\u00e8tre collection. The Maison now indicates that it will gradually extend to the other collections from 2027. What matters is no longer the launch of a line, but the application of a standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A week inside a machine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protocol rests on a purpose-built machine. Rather than testing each constraint separately, it combines them. Two days of dynamic cycles replay an active week: fixed positions, movements in several positions, shocks, temperature variations. On the third day, the watch enters a \u201cstabilized rest\u201d in a fixed position, the equivalent of the weekend. The Maison states that a patent application is pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parameters are quantified. Shocks range from 25 to 50 G. Temperature oscillates between 18 \u00b0C, rest, and 35 \u00b0C, intense physical effort. Altitude is simulated from sea level up to 1,004 meters, that of the Manufacture-Atelier in Le Sentier. This is the only test carried out on the caliber alone; the others are carried out on the cased watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The movement under the loupe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hallmark does not measure rate alone. To obtain it, the movement must combine at least six of the eight traditional finishing techniques: anglage, polishing, circular satin-finishing, linear satin-finishing, moldings, C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve, perlage, blocking. Jaeger-LeCoultre presents this requirement as a matter of precision: ornamentation is carried out to the micron, to serve the movement as much as to showcase it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An old Geneva reflex<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watchmaking has always sought a third party to attest to what it promises. Observatory competitions, in Geneva, Neuch\u00e2tel or Besan\u00e7on, were the first stage. In 1946, Calibre 170, the Maison&#8217;s first tourbillon pocket watch, won the one in Neuch\u00e2tel. Quartz put an end to these contests in the late 1960s, and the COSC was born in 1973. The Poin\u00e7on de Gen\u00e8ve, established in 1886, already protected provenance and standards. The major manufactures ended up writing their own rules. Jaeger-LeCoultre had created, as early as 1992, the Contr\u00f4le 1 000 Heures, launched with the Master Control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HPG extends this lineage. On the inaugural collection, each caliber is first COSC-certified, then goes through the Maison&#8217;s more comprehensive protocol. The two levels remain distinct: one comes from an independent body, the other from an internal standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What the scope changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A seal is worth only what it allows one to know. On a single collection, the question hardly arises. Extended to several, it requires answering reference by reference: which watch received it, on what date, for which caliber. The announced timetable is gradual and does not yet say which model will be eligible and when. Before comparing two pieces, it is therefore the actual certification of each that must be checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The engraved caseback carries a sign. It remains for the documentation to make its scope legible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"2092754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2092754\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jlc_09_26_hpg30328_n1_st3-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stacked from 140 images. 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Method=B (R=8,S=4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><em>Four test parameters:<\/em> altitude (0 to 1,004 m, caliber alone) \u00b7 multidirectional shocks (25 to 50 G) \u00b7 positions (moving and fixed phases) \u00b7 temperature (18 to 35 \u00b0C).<br \/><em>Finishing:<\/em> at least six techniques out of eight.<br \/><em>Timeline:<\/em> introduction at Watches &amp; Wonders, April 2026 \u00b7 gradual extension from 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/source.jpg\" alt=\"Composants horlogers, cadran et bo\u00eetier Jaeger-LeCoultre sur un \u00e9tabli portant le sigle HPG.\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jaeger-LeCoultre components and watch, visual from the High Precision Guarantee press kit. \u00a9 Jaeger-LeCoultre. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Already introduced with Master Control Chronom\u00e8tre, the High Precision Guarantee is to gradually reach the collections from 2027. 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