Jaeger-LeCoultre 2026 – Gyrotourbillon Stratosphère, Reverso Hokusai & More | Watches & Wonders 2026

At Watches & Wonders 2026, Jaeger-LeCoultre presents a collection spanning accessible Master Control Chronometers to some of the most technically and artistically ambitious watchmaking the manufacture has ever produced. Tim Mosso goes hands-on with the full range. The Master Control Chronometer collection establishes a new standard for the line. For the first time, all watches bearing the Master Control Chronomètre title undergo both COSC certification and the manufacture's own HPG process — three days of accelerated wear and multi-system testing on the fully assembled watch, applied universally rather than to a single homologation piece per run. The core models arrive in 38mm: a date in rose gold with bronze dial and stainless steel with blue dial, both with 70-hour power reserves and newly developed silk-like bracelets. The Master Control Chronomètre Date Power Reserve adds a power reserve indicator in a design that echoes the Futurematic E501 of the 1950s — 39mm, rose gold only. The Master Control Chronomètre Perpetual Calendar rounds out the collection at 39mm with JLC's sequentially programmed perpetual calendar system, available as a boutique exclusive in rose gold with bronze dial. The Reverso Tribute Hokusai pays tribute to 19th century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. On the dial side, hand-applied flinqué enamel — translucent color over engine-turned herringbone guilloche — and on the caseback, Hokusai imagery with a gold leaf signature unique to each of the ma