Press Release 

Jaeger-LeCoultre sublimates the most precious moments of the 70th Venice International Film Festival with Feminine creations that shined on the Red Carpet of the festival.

The art of making time stand still, of sublimating the moment, of giving life to a work that is unique because it is fashioned by the human hand. The art of revealing an artist’s unique vision of time. Film-maker, watchmaker, actor, gem-setter…each artist is an artisan of emotions. Every year, for nine consecutive years, Jaeger-LeCoultre pays tribute to the talent of these creators of wonderment. From August 28th to September 7th, 2013 on the occasion of the 70th Venice International Film Festival organized by the Biennale di Venezia, Jaeger-LeCoultre will unveil its own dream cast of exceptional watchmaking creations and present its Jubilee collection.

As a loyal sponsor of the Venetian festival, Jaeger-LeCoultre will be actively involved in all the highlights of the event, adorning the stars with its finest creations and presenting a personalized Reverso watch to the winners of the Best Film —Leone d’Oro, the Golden Lion Award—, the Best Actress and Best Actor of the year —Coppa Volpi Awards. The watches will feature a lacquered engraving depicting a lion, the symbol of Venice, handcrafted in accordance with the finest traditions, and bear the inscription “70. Mostra”.

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Cordonnet Duetto watch made its debut on the Red Carpet as British actress Sophie Kennedy Clark walked into the festival accompanied of Laurent Vinay wearing a Reverso. Sarah Gadon wore the La Montre Extraordinaire La Rose.

A Joaillerie Secret watch from 1960 in white gold adorned the wrist of Italian model, actress and television presenter Eva Riccobono as she hosted the Opening Ceremony of the Festival. Orrizonti jury member and actress Golshifteh Farahani chose to wear a Rendez-Vous Celestial during day-time and a vintage golden Duoplan watch from 1933 in the evening. 

For close to a decade, Jaeger-LeCoultre has recognized the creative ingenuity of filmmakers through the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice International Film Festival, presented to a personality that brought “great innovation to contemporary cinema.” This year the prize will be conferred to Italian director and writer Etore Scola at the awards ceremony organized by the Biennale di Venezia and held on Friday, September 6. Past honorees included Takeshi Kitano in 2007, Agnès Varda and Abbas Kirostami in 2008, Sylvester Stallone in 2009, Indian film director Mani Ratnam in 2010, Al Pacino in 2011 and Spike Lee in 2012.

For the third consecutive year Jaeger-LeCoultre renews its commitment to the charity initiative in support of the Emergency association and will hold an exclusive dinner with special guests paying tribute to the project “Jaeger-LeCoultre for Emergency, It's time to help Sierra Leone” on August 29th. 

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