- In 2005, Jaeger-LeCoultre honored Emmanuel Coindre’s epic solo crossing of the Pacific’s treacherous Northern Passage with a limited edition Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph. Just 30 would be made: 20 in steel and titanium (present example), 10 in platinum and titanium, their casebacks engraved with the 11,000-kilometer route from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco. A black strap with yellow stitching evoked the colors of Coindre’s rowboat; the world-time disc featured Choshi in yellow replacing Tokyo and San Francisco in yellow replacing Los Angeles—nods to his starting and endpoints.

- For 129 days, 17 hours and 22 minutes, the 32-year-old Coindre braved fog, typhoons, countercurrents and capsizes alone in his rowboat, without stops or assistance. His sole companion: a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph, indicating each time zone traversed and minutes of his valiant quest. Against odds cruel and manifold, Coindre became the first to conquer the Northern Passage single-handedly through sheer will, endurance and the watch that kept his dream of victory alive.

- With this edition honoring Coindre's achievement, Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates the vision and heroism defining human imagination unbound. Every second of his 3,800 hours at sea measured by its chronograph, the Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph emerged a talisman commemorating the human spirit that prevailed over doubt, exhaustion and nemesis undiscovered at journey's dawn.

- For the collector, this edition represents watchmaking honoring history's greatness. But its significance transcends timekeeping alone. Number 10 of 20 offers a glimpse into the conqueror's well of fortitude plumbed by Coindre, proof of hope eternal on each distant horizon and dream now made reality by time defied.