For the celebration of its 180th anniversary, Jaeger-LeCoultre has imagined a collection that pays homage to the man with whom it all began. Focus on the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee, the tenth work in the Hybris Mechanica collection. "We intended that this should be an incommensurate timepiece, a demonstration of what it is to overcome the impossible, and at the same time the beginning of a new chapter in the history of complications and the quest for absolute precision and reliability," explains Stéphane Belmont, marketing director at Jaeger-LeCoultre.

With its twelve complications displayed on two dials, the Sky Moon Tourbillon is the most complicated wristwatch. This new Patek Philippe reference (Ref. 6002) takes another step towards supreme sophistication and refinement with a case and dial reflecting the quintessence of fine craftsmanship.

If there is one trend to have emerged from this year's new releases, it is mechanical watches for women. After having had their pick of diamond-encrusted quartz, women can now enjoy watchmaking's mechanical delights.

In which the watch industry finally answers the question: “What do women want?

No longer the poor cousin of the grande complication, the high jewelry watch is taking the spotlight as the luxury timepiece of note.

Christie's and Sotheby's have ended their spring season in New York, where Christie's sent waves through the collecting community with a Grande Complication by Patek Philippe that rewrites the Manufacture's history. It fetched USD 2.25 million.