Seven-time GP motorcycling world champion Valentino Rossi displayed his keen interest in high-end Swiss watchmaking during his visit to the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre in Le Sentier on Wednesday April 26^th 2006.

Welcomed by CEO Jérôme Lambert, he enjoyed an initiation into the field of horological know-how and aroused considerable enthusiasm among all personnel at Jaeger-LeCoultre during his over two-hour visit to the various workshops.

Expertise and performance are the keynotes Valentino shares with the brand in the Vallée de Joux, founded in 1833.