Given its reputation as the watchmakers watchmaker, Jaeger-LeCoultres movements carry a certain cache among enthusiasts, and this is especially true of its complications. As part of its Watches and Wonders 2022 novelties, the Swiss brand brings one of its most storied complications to the sporty Polaris line. The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Perpetual Ca [...]

With China continuing to grow as one of the worlds largest and most lucrative luxury markets, the annual Lunar New Year celebration has become an important part of the watch industry calendar. Each year brings with it a slew of animal-themed releases meant to commemorate the holiday, and as the Year of the Tiger begins in 2022, tiger-inspired designs ha [...]

Despite there being only a handful of new releases from the line, its fair to say that 2021 has been a banner year so far for the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. From the delicate enamel work of the Reverso Tribute Enamel Hokusai Kirifuri Waterfall to the mind-bending complications of the Reverso Hybris Mechanica Caliber 185, Jaeger-LeCoultre has spent the [...]

Ninety years old. Yknow what else turns the ripe old age of 90 in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty-one? Willie Mays. The Empire State Building. The Star-Spangled Banner (as the official anthem of the United States, that is). Also 90 is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso - an irrefutable classic in the lexicon of important watches from the last century [...]

In the history of Japanese art, no other name looms larger than Katsushika Hokusai. Over a career spanning the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century, Hokusai created thousands of ukiyo-e paintings, sketches, and woodblock prints celebrating the serene natural beauty of Japan, including the single most globally reco [...]

Over the century or so that wristwatches have been the norm in watchmaking, few, if any, timepieces have had the longevity and staying power of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. The Reverso line has been in continuous production since 1931, and to celebrate its 90th anniversary this year, the brand has devised a wide range of variants, updates, and [...]

2020 has been a year for vibrant dial colors in watchmaking, particularly green and red, and as the year draws to a close Jaeger-LeCoultre has begun its 2021 celebrations a few weeks early with a timely burgundy dial take on one of its most enduring collections. The brands seminal Reverso collection will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2021, and t [...]

Historically speaking, its been a hot minute since weve had a true dive watch from Jaeger-LeCoultre. Sure, the maison has most recently produced the Polaris Date and the Deep Sea Chronograph (the latter of which was oddly rated to a paltry 100 meters, despite its rather ambitious naming convention), but if memory serves correctly, not since the Navy SEA [...]

The action-packed Kingsman film series is no stranger to influencing the world of style, with each film in the franchise spawning limited-run releases of screen-worn attire from some of the worlds top fashion brands. For the latest installment, the prequel The Kings Man, due to release in September 2020, Jaeger-LeCoultre has created a custom timepie [...]

Marin Countys shelter-in-place mandate was formalized at midnight on Thursday, March 19th, 2020. By then, the news cycle around the Covid-19 pandemic had already become a dangerous cocktail of science-based fact and rationale mixed with what we now know to be hysteria-driven clickbait and misinformation. Hiding from the cacophony meant a break from [...]

You simply cant have a conversation about Jaeger-LeCoultre without mentioning the Memovox alarm - one of the Swiss maisons most interesting, and longest-running complications. Its a shame that there arent more mechanical alarm watches out there, as the complication ranks alongside a date or a chronograph as the most practical features to have o [...]

Youd be forgiven for saying that Jaeger LeCoultre is playing it safe this year. Might even be forgiven for questioning whether or not its two new novelties for the inaugural digital Watches Wonders are even new at all - but as is the case with most Jaeger LeCoultre watches, we must have patience, grasshopper. Firstly, yes - this isnt a m [...]

Boy, that sure escalated quickly, right? With most of the free world in either government-mandated or self-imposed quarantine, and the watch industry in a collective tailspin due to the sales and manufacturing havoc wreaked by the Corona virus, theres a spooky air of now what? looming amidst all the uncertainty.But here at , weve been experts on working from home and [...]

As weve seen in recent years, Jaeger-LeCoultre is again taking advantage of the late-summer release lull to introduce a brand new blue-dialed limited edition thats exclusive to North American buyers. Past releases in this tradition have included a unique blue-dialed Memovox Alarm, as well as a gorgeous blue crosshair-dialed Geophysic True Seco [...]

Were very used to seeing classic models being reborn, time and time again in watchmaking, but few are quite so unchanging as the Jaeger Le-Coultre Reverso. Invented in 1931, the Reverso (as it is commonly known) came to life to solve a persistent problem. A British officer stationed in India had noticed h [...]

In the watch business today, one of the most common buzzwords (terms) youll hear is direct-to-consumer. The idea is that brands need to increasingly sell their products and services directly to consumers, bypassing traditional go-betweens such as retailers and distributors. Why? In short, money. In a world where the volume of new watches sold each year cannot be any [...]

Fourteen years ago, when Jaeger-LeCoultre launched the original Gyrotourbillon I, fine watchmaking was a different world. In those fourteen years, Hong Kong and China have together imported about 50 thousand million (!) Swiss francs worth of watches. That is a lot of watches, including many very expensive watches. S [...]

For fans of the tourbillon, Jaeger-LeCoultres mega Gyrotourbillon watches are the ones to look out for. These watches are usually the pinnacle of Jaeger-LeCoultres stable, often offering multiple complications to go with a complex multi-axis tour [...]

As we had to have discussed many times before, there is a special place inside Jaeger-LeCoultre. A place where the sun doesnt shine, a cozy and warm place with controlled humidity.?Naturally, we are talking about their archives-irresistibly inviting for many when looking for new product ideas. Fortunately for us, the manufacture appear [...]

The below article is a contribution from the editors at mens online fashion store Mr Porter in collaboration with . The goal was to demonstrate how to style a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso watch with formal mens evening attire along with some important history and context of the clothing items themselves. We think that this is how to talk about clothing an [...]