Luxury watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre has celebrated 90 years of the Reverso watch with a special 90th-anniversary edition and a luxury coffee table book from Assouline.

Initially created at the height of the Art Deco period, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s iconic Reverso watch was created in 1931 for “sporting gentlemen” (specifically polo players) and designed with a reversible case to protect the glass face from physical contact.

Now 90 years on and well over 50 different calibers and hundreds of dials later, Jaeger-Coultre are celebrating the watches 90th anniversary with a special anniversary edition and a luxury coffee table book produced in collaboration with luxury publisher Assouline.

Detailing the colorful history of one of the world’s most recognizable watches, horological historian Nicholas Foulkes tells the fascinating story of the founders of Jaeger-LeCoultre, the Reverso’s evolution over the last nine decades, and explores the stories of over a dozen Reverso owners.

For watch owners wanting to join the celebrations, the Reverso Tribute Duoface Fagliano, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 90th-anniversary edition watch features a burgundy-red dial on one side (inspired by the early use of color in Reverso’s) and a silver-colored circular design with Clous de Paris guilloche on the reverse, all housed in a with and pink gold case with an original strap designed by Casa Fagliano, the world-famous Argentinian maker of polo boots.

Combining the dual-time zone complication of the Duoface with the simplicity of the Tribute collection, the new timepiece is powered by the hand-wound Calibre 854A/2 and has a power reserve of 42 hours.

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Fagliano is limited to 190 pieces, priced at US$23,900 and available through boutiques only.

The Jaeger-LeCoultre: Reverso coffee table book by Assouline is priced at US$195 and will be available from the February 1st.

The new limited edition H. Moser & Cie’s Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon in Titanium features an Electric Blue dial and costs CHF 330,000.

H.Moser & Cie’s latest watch is a refreshing update of their minimalistic Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon watch first released at Baselworld 2019, only this time, it’s gained a bright Electric Blue dial and a lightweight titanium case.

By completely removing all logo’s and markings from the Electric Blue sunburst dial, the Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon follows in the footsteps of previous “Concept” designs and first draws focus to the spinning tourbillon located at 6 o’clock. Visible behind a skeletonized bridge, the flying tourbillon is fitted to a ball bearing that improves the accuracy and chronometry, making it appear as if it is floating effortlessly above the Electric Blue dial.

Described by H. Moser & Cie as a “feast for not only the eyes, but the ears as well”, the aforementioned focus on the tourbillon of the Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon is interrupted only by the chiming of the hours, quarter hours and minutes by the two hammers and gongs located on the dial side. This is a rather unusual placing (as they are more often located on the movement side) and one requiring a certain level of finesse to achieve so as not to interfere with the flying tourbillon.

The new titanium 33mm case ensures it is not only lightweight, but that the durable metal is not stressed by the regular ringing on the hours, quarter-hours and minutes created by the two gongs, continuing to produce a beautiful tone with each chime.

Powered by the hand-wound HMC 903 calibre with a power reserve of 90 hours, the watch is finished with a hand-stitched black alligator leather strap with red lining.

H. Moser & Cie’s Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon in Titanium with Electric Blue dial is priced at CHF 330,000 (approx. US$370,000) and limited to 20 pieces.

Hublot’s latest rainbow watch is the Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold edition, featuring 290 baguette-cut gemstones set in Hublot’s 18ct “King Gold”.

Hublot has revealed their new $348,000 Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold edition and it’s an even more colorful upgrade of last years model, made possible by the full use of baguette-cut gemstones across the entire case and dial.

Featuring 290 precious gemstones invisibly set into a Hublot’s “King Gold” (a pink gold alloy created using 18ct gold and platinum), the rainbow shades of the latest edition are achieved through the careful selection of rubies, pink sapphires, amethysts, blue sapphires, blue topazes, tsavorites and orange and yellow sapphires. The brilliant rainbow colors also extend to the alligator and rubber strap, finished with an equally dazzling embellished gemstone buckle.

“It requires meticulousness, expertise and dexterity to obtain this harmonious gradation of the gemstones and create a perfect connection between the emotion they arouse and the watchmaking technique,” shared Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe. “Draughtsmen, gemologists, and setters worked together to achieve this setting in which pink gold is present only to gently emphasize the contours. The Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold Rainbow condenses the purity and precision of these incredible professions.”

For the curious that don’t have the time (or inclination) to count the gemstones themselves, the 290 baguette-cut jewels are distributed across the watch in the following way:

• 100 gemstones are set into the 45mm case.
• 112 gems surround the bezel.
• 48 gems are used to create the dial and indexes 
• 30 jewels are found on the buckle clasp.

Powered by the UNICO HUB1242 caliber, Hublot’s own automatic flyback chronograph mechanism developed and manufactured in-house, the Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold watch has a frequency of 4hz/28,800 vibrations per hour and a power reserve of approximately 72 hours.

Priced at USD$348,000, the Hublot Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold edition is considerably more expensive than the average Big Bang Unico watch. Although it has not been launched as a limited edition, it’s safe to say the colorful timepiece will still be a rarity in anyone’s collection. 

For more information, visit www.hublot.com