Nearly Every Watch Brand Just Announced New Releases—Here Are the Best Ones
It’s hard to compare Watches & Wonders, the watch industry’s biggest and most important event, to much else. It’s like if every fashion week happened over the course of just a
few days, or the NBA played its entire season in a single bloodbath of a weekend, or every blockbuster movie hit your Netflix account in one screen-drenched evening. At Watches & Wonders, nearly every brand previews all of their most important releases—which, for watch obsessives, can be a little overstimulating.
We’ve already rounded up the best watches from Rolex, highlighted the last hoorah of Patek Philippe’s Nautilus, test-drove a new IWC, and went along for a wild ride with Panerai’s best clients, but the scale of Watches & Wonders means there’s still plenty of ground to cover. Below we’ve rounded up the very best pieces from the event.
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185
Besides actually making watches, one of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s greatest skills is naming its watches and its features. Last year’s big release from the brand featured something it called the “celestial vault complication.” JLC is also behind the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon. This year, JLC is releasing the Reverso Hybris Mechanica—a watch that absolutely lives up to its name. The Reverso is already iconic for its ability to flip dials, but this piece doubles the fun by showcasing four distinct faces. The development is a first for any watch, according to the brand. Because of its over-the-top mechanical complexity, this watch was the talk of the week. JLC is able to spread 11 complications across the four faces, which allows room to include features like the anomalistic cycle—the measurement for how far away the moon is from earth. Jaeger will only make 10 of these.