Jaeger-LeCoultre

Clavi
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Not a technical problem

I have noted that the recent (since the introduction of ceramic ball bearings) Jaeger LeCoultre auto tend indeed to have a slightly noisy rotor.

Technically speaking, there would be no difficulty in removing the automatic winding feature of the movement (indeed by simply removing the rotor for a very simple fixing, or by removing also the corresponding winding wheels though this wouldn't be strictly necessary).
This calibre 956 can be wound manually, and has I believe enough power reserve to be used as a hand-wound watch.
It is also not very difficult to do, if you only go for the rotor-removing solution (3 screws...).
However, I doubt your AD would accept to do it, so you would need to find an independent watchmaker to do it, or do it yourself if you have the technical skills
(and you would also lose your guarantee)

So, not too difficult if you want to follow that route, but maybe it is possible to live with it too ?

(BTW, I am not too convinced by these ball bearing rotors, which are meant to be lubricant-free so in theory good, but the induced noise and vibrating feel is a bit a drawback so I'd rather go for a lubricated and silent version)