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We've been taking a pretty up-close look at certain aspects of Jaeger-LeCoultre's manufactory in parts one and two of our coverage, in which we looked at the creation of the Atmos clock, as well as two historically important tourbillons �C the first wristwatch and pocket watch tourbillons JLC ever made. Before going any further, let's take a quick step back and take a slightly bigger picture look at both the factory and at JLC's history. 1 OF 25 2 OF 25 Jaeger-LeCoultre is located in the village of Le Sentier, in the Vall��e de Joux, just northwest of Geneva. The Vall��e sits in a crevice in the Jura Mountains, which run more or less along the Swiss-French border and form a natural boundary between the two countries. It's not a very big area geographically, and yet, along with Geneva, the Vall��e and its 10 or so villages produce a disproportionate number of luxury watches. If you go a little further, you run into the larger towns of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, whi

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