
Jaeger LeCoultre list of all calibers and explanation of their structure
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Caliber designations (Source: Uhren Wiki / Stephen Foskett)
Jaeger-LeCoultre uses numbers to identify its calibers. There is a rough system for numbering, with smaller calibers receiving lower numbers and larger and more expensive calibers receiving higher numbers. Jaeger-LeCoultre also tends to use similar numbers for related calibers, although this is not always the case. In most cases, variants of a base caliber of the same generation receive numbers from the same decade, while major revisions receive a new decade. For example, caliber 889 was replaced by caliber 899, and variants of the latter included calibers 896 and 898.
Numerical suffixes indicate minor revisions, as is the case with other movement manufacturers. For example, some Jaeger-LeCoultre calibers have a "/2" variant when changes were made that did not require a new caliber number.
Suffixes indicate complications or features: "SQ" stands for a skeleton ("squelette"), while other letters often denote complications, certifications, or applications. The Caliber K880G, for example, was a chronometer-certified version of the Caliber 880 with Kif shock protection.
Manual winding
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Tonneau
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460, 490, 491 - Reverso oval
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807, 840, 845 - 5.75×7 line tonneau
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Around
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139 - 16 lines
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168 - 8/9 lines
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450, 468 - 12.75 lines central second
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470, 478, 488 - 12.75 lines chronometer
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480, 483 - 10.5 lines small second
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800, 810 - 10.5 lines central second
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818, 819 - 9.25 lines narrow
Caliber JLC 489
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alarm
Automatic
Chronograph
specialty
JLC 382
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