Winding Index: Jaeger-LeCoultre Winding Settings

This page is Jaeger-LeCoultre's entry in the Winding Index — our census of how automatic watches wind, built from 4,302 audited model records. It is the data page: the settings Jaeger-LeCoultre actually uses, counted across the range. For winder recommendations for this brand, see our Best Watch Winder for Jaeger-LeCoultre buying guide; for an individual model's exact setting, the TPD settings index.

Jaeger-LeCoultre in numbers

Models counted	153
Median setting	875 TPD
Most common setting	875 TPD (41% of models)
Range	600–1,350 TPD
Direction	40% bidirectional · 1% clockwise only · 59% counter-clockwise only
Distinct settings used	9

The story in the data

Jaeger-LeCoultre is the hungriest of the large houses. Its median model needs 875 TPD — the highest median of any brand with more than 100 models in the Index — and its settings spread honestly across nine distinct values from 600 to 1,350 rather than clustering on a house default. This is what a manufacture's data looks like when every calibre genuinely has its own appetite.

Direction underlines it: 59% of JLC models wind counter-clockwise only, 40% bidirectional, and just 1% clockwise only. JLC also owns the single hungriest watch in the entire dataset — the Master Hometime at 1,350 TPD. A JLC owner guessing at settings has two ways to be wrong at once; the model lookup is not optional with this brand.

Extremes and spread

From 600 TPD at the floor to the Master Hometime's 1,350 at the ceiling — the widest genuine spread of any major brand, and home to the Index's maximum figure.

Setting	Models
875 TPD	62
800 TPD	57
905 TPD	21
760 TPD	4
790 TPD	2
810 TPD	2
Other settings	5

Against the average watch

Against the all-watch median of 650 and 60.7% bidirectional norm, JLC is hungrier, more spread out and winds the other way. The watchmaker's watchmaker, and the data agrees it is different. Across all 4,302 watches in the Index, the median is 650 TPD, 90.2% of watches need between 650 and 800 TPD, and 39.3% wind in one direction only. The full census is in the Winding Index report; how the data was audited is on the methodology page.

Frequently asked questions

What TPD does a Jaeger-LeCoultre need?

Most likely 875 TPD — that is the median across the 153 Jaeger-LeCoultre models in the Winding Index, and the most common single setting is 875 TPD (41% of models). Settings are per-model, though: check yours in the TPD database before programming a winder.

Which way should a winder turn for a Jaeger-LeCoultre?

Jaeger-LeCoultre's direction profile in the Index is 40% bidirectional, 1% clockwise only and 59% counter-clockwise only. Because most models are not bidirectional, the exact direction matters for this brand — look the model up rather than guessing.