This autumn Jaeger‑LeCoultre released two ultra-limited high‑end watches: the Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 945 (5 pieces) and Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 (10 pieces). Both showcase the brand’s 193‑year watchmaking legacy, combining highly complex mechanical innovations (high complications) with rare handcrafts from its Métiers Rares (”rare crafts”) workshop. The Calibre 945 features a cosmo tourbillon that rotates with sidereal time and a minute repeater using sapphire gongs, plus a grand feu (high‑temperature enamel) sky chart and ornate finishing. The Reverso Calibre 179 packs a multi‑axis (gyro) tourbillon in a reversible case, exposing intricate skeletonized movement and artisanal surface treatments like micro‑blasting, chamfering and lacquered geometric dials. Each piece highlights the maison’s technical patents and preservation of disappearing decorative crafts, presented as wrist‑worn works of art for a very small number of collectors.
