Press Release:
Jaeger-LeCoultre
delivers the first Master Compressor Diving Alarm Navy SEALs Beverly
Hills Boutique Incursion Editions at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Navy SEALs
mini BUDs/SEAL Week.
Since the announcement of the partnership between the US Navy SEALs and Jaeger-LeCoultre with the unveiling of the Master Compressor Diving Navy SEALs collection in 2008, two US Navy SEALs have been using the Master Compressor Diving Navy SEALs alarm during their deployments and operations around the world. In addition to gathering performance information about the watch in an operational and tactical environment, they have visually documented their experiences with the timepiece as well.
Last January,
Jaeger-LeCoultre had the pleasure to announce the extension of their
Navy SEALs line with timepieces exclusively created for its Beverly
Hills Boutique. The natural progression for the Master Compressor Diving
Navy SEALs line was to create the Incursion Edition for the
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Beverly Hills flagship. The geographic proximity to the Navy SEALs
training
base in Coronado has created a particularly strong following for the
Master Compressor Navy SEALs collection. Due to this strong US following
of the Navy SEALs and Jaeger-LeCoultre partnership, the Beverly Hills
Boutique set out to create a penultimate edition for its most passionate
enthusiast.
The original
Master
Compressor Diving Alarm served as the optimal base platform housing
a majority of the purposed needs for the Incursion Edition.
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s
perpetual quest for innovation, further adjustments and improved design
details were employed to create subtle yet important changes to further
optimize this Edition for its required usage.
Highly symbolical,
these very exclusive limited editions pay tribute to the origins of
the Navy SEALs as this elite unit was established by President John
Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1962. This monumental point in history was a big
inspiration to the Incursion Edition theme, with the final number of
pieces being a permutation of the numerals “1962”, with 19 pieces
for the black titanium version and 62 for the grey pvd version.
Such a dynamic watch deserves nothing short of an explosive delivery. Last week, Jaeger-LeCoultre and CEO Jerome Lambert hosted the first Jaeger-LeCoultre Navy SEALs mini SEAL Week in Coronado, California for friends and enthusiasts of the brand. Both Navy SEALs who have tested and evaluated the Master Compressor Diving Navy SEALs timepieces were present to give a brief look into the world of this elite group of men to discuss their experiences with the watches. Guests were given the opportunity to truly see the integrity, strength and pride that goes along with being a SEAL. A lucky few participants were presented the first delivered Incursions by the SEALs to wear with the knowledge that these same qualities were used in making their timepieces.
The SEALs will continue to wear the watches, give feed back, and document their experiences in order to advise Jaeger-LeCoultre on further Master Compressor Diving Navy SEALs editions to come.
Movement:
mechanical
automatic Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 956, crafted, assembled and decorated
by hand; 28,800 vibrations per hour; 45-hour power reserve; 268 parts;
23 jewels; 7.45 mm thick
Case: 44 mm in
titanium with black pvd coating or grey pvd coating
Functions: hours,
minutes, seconds, date, alarm
Dial: Color accents: Orange or yellow on the second hand tip and compressor crown arrows with addition of the same color to inner ring numerical five second interval markings.
Two tone:
-black outer ring with stamped and luminescent hour-markers and numerals,
-charcoal grey
inner alarm ring with circular finish matching the case
Date: white
numerals
transferred against a black background
Hands: hours and
minutes: trapeze-shaped, open worked, luminescent
Crowns: one black
rubber-molded crown at 2 o’clock equipped with a compression key,
for winding the alarm, adjusting it and fast date adjustment; one black
rubber-molded crown at 4 o’clock equipped with a compression key,
for starting the watch and adjusting the time.
Straps: black
leather with matching orange or yellow stitching and PVD buckle. Diving
strap in black Cordura®