An Evening Of Art & Watchmaking History With Jaeger-LeCoultre At The Royal Academy Of Arts

Inside Jaeger-LeCoultre's gala dinner and showcase earlier this month at The Royal Academy of Arts, attended by friend of the Maison - Benedict Cumberbatch.

Above The Royal Academy Of Arts, London. (Photo: Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre)

For over 250 years, The Royal Academy Of Arts has hosted some of the most prestigious art events and exhibitions in the world in line with its mission to promote visual arts and offer a voice for artists everywhere.

This month at The Royal Academy Of Arts Summer Exhibition, Jaeger-LeCoultre was the centre of attention. The Swiss Maison's prolific 186-year history of watchmaking and craftmanship was complemented by a stunning showcase of its latest masterpiece, Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpétuel – introduced this year at the 2019 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH).

Above Ellie Bamber, Benedict Cumberbatch, Catherine Rénier and Clarke Peters at the Royal Academy Of Arts. (Photo: Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre)

Guests of Jaeger-LeCoultre were treated to a grand gala dinner celebrating ‘The Art Of Precision’, attended by friend of the Maison, Benedict Cumberbatch along with English actress Juliet Stevenson, BBC One’s Les Misérables star Ellie Bamber and American actor and director Clarke Peters.

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Above Juliet Stevenson and Clarke Peters at dinner. (Photo: Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre)

Above Letters Live performance given specially by VIP guests. (Photo: Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre)

A welcome speech by Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine Rénier after dinner was followed by a Letters Live performance – a philanthropic initiative in which influential artists are invited to perform live readings of historical letters in their own unique voice and interpretation as a means of promoting the power of literacy.

Live performances by Cumberbatch, Stevenson, Bamber and Peters thrilled guests throughout the evening.

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Above Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpétuel. (Photo: Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre)

Guests also had an opportunity to get a closer look at Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Grande Tradition Répétition Minutes Perpétuelle on display at the Summer Exhibition, boasting a brand new case comprising over 80 separate hand-finished parts, an automatic mechanism and perpetual calendar, and an innovative new configuration that allows the watch to authentically replicate the chimes of antique sonnerie pocket watches.

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An Evening Of Art & Watchmaking History With Jaeger-LeCoultre At The Royal Academy Of Arts