Jaeger-LeCoultre - Argentina Triple Crown 2012
The competition, offers the chance to see the best polo players in the world pitted against one another and is made up of three separate Open tournaments at the Tortugas, Hurlingham and Palermo clubs.
This year Jaeger-LeCoultre has the honour of participating as the official partner of a new team, La Aguada Las Monjitas, with 33 goals to its credit and consisting of the Argentinian national team player and Jaeger-LeCoultre ambassador Eduardo Novillo Astrada (handicap 9); Lucas James (handicap 8); Cristian Laprida (handicap 8); and Alejandro Novillo Astrada (handicap 8).
On Saturday 23 September, at the Jockey Club Open, the tournament that each year precedes the highly prestigious Argentine Triple Crown, the La Aguada Las Monjitas team had already put on a brilliant performance, defeating Chapa Uno 11-9. Seven teams took part in the tournament, all with handicaps of between 28 and 34.
Eduardo Novillo Astrada
The Argentinian polo player Eduardo Novillo Astrada is one of the few players to have achieved a handicap of 10 - the highest figure achievable in this sport. A Jaeger-LeCoultre ambassador since 2006, he is one of the very best players in the world, and famously won the 2003 Argentine Triple Crown together with his three brothers.
"I'm a great believer in Jaeger-LeCoultre's values, including team spirit, passionate commitment, elegance, and, in my view most importantly of all, the family." Eduardo Novillo Astrada.
Jaeger-LeCoultre and the world of polo
La Reverso de Jaeger-LeCoultre est la seule montre au monde dont l'histoire est intimement liee a celle du polo. La Reverso a ete creee en 1931 a la demande de joueurs britanniques en poste dans l'armee indienne, qui etaient lasses de voir leurs montres endommagees par la violence du jeu. Le legendaire boîtier reversible a ete invente pour proteger le cadran et la glace du garde-temps, exposant son dos metallique aux eventuels chocs. Unique en son genre, la Reverso est la premiere montre a avoir ete specialement conçue pour la pratique d'un sport, ce sans jamais sacrifier l'elegance a l'efficacite. Plus de 80 ans apres la naissance de ce modele de legende, Jaeger-LeCoultre confirme une fois encore les liens solides qui l'unissent au monde du polo en tant que partenaire de la celebre equipe La Aguada Las Monjitas.