Jaeger-LeCoultre Tells the Tale of Three Hidden Paintings

The Courbet-inspired timepiece, taking direction from his 1876 painting, View of Lake Léman, is set in a gleaming white-gold case, with a misty gray-blue dial in a delicate herringbone guilloché texture. The cool tones of Courbet’s landscape scene come to life in a timepiece that embraces tradition. 

Inspired by Van Gogh’s ability to evoke emotion from nature in new and exciting ways, the Sunset at Montmajour (1888) timepiece captures the artist’s vision of stunning gold light and lush vegetation in Provence just before sunset. Mimicking his impasto technique, wherein painting is raised up off the canvas, and a strong sense of perspective, the Van Gogh piece is set in a luscious green enamel for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Hidden Treasures collection. 

Capturing a dreamy quality that Klimt expressed so well in Portrait of a Lady (1917), Jaeger-LeCoultre’s miniature interpretation reproduces the subject’s pose, dress, and background with depth and elegance. The timepiece’s green dial is decorated with grand feu enamel over a fine barleycorn guilloché pattern, giving the watch a luminescent quality.