FUNCTIONS
A SUPERLATIVE CHIME
Crystal gongs and trebuchet hammers enhance the quality of the chime. Being attached directly to the glass of the watch, the gongs turn the sapphire crystal into a resonator, exploiting the superior acoustic qualities of that material. The articulated hammers recoup the great majority of the energy lost in traditional minute repeater construction, thus enabling a chime of unprecedented strength.
TECHNICITY ENHANCED BY AESHETICS REFINEMENT
Integrated into the strike train, a silent-timelapse reduction patent shortens the pause between the chiming of the hours and minutes when there are no quarter-hours to be struck. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s engineers also patented a new discreet unlocking button at 8 o’clock to activate the minute repeater.
CALIBRE
PERIPHERAL ROTOR ACHIEVING A 4.7MM CALIBRE
Encircling the calibre, the peripheral rotor is mounted on ceramic ball bearings to ensure that it swings freely, with minimal friction. Its positioning allows it to be observed through the slots around the dial as it rotates, adding visual intrigue, while the view of the movement through the transparent sapphire case-back is completely unimpeded.
6 NEW PATENTS FOR CALIBRE 362
The Master Hybris Mechanica Calibre 362 represents eight separate patents, two for previous inventions related to chiming mechanisms – crystal gongs (2005) and trebuchet hammers (2009) – and six for inventions developed specifically for this timepiece, in 2014.
A PATENTED FLYING TOURBILLON
Achieving the goal of thinness required a complete re-think of the flying tourbillon, patented in 2014 – here fitted with a patented flying balance wheel (2014). This structure also required a re-think of the balance spring and the result is the patented S-shaped hairspring (2014), which is fixed above the balance wheel, in full view of the observer.
Calibre
DESIGN
MIDNIGHT BLUE IN A POLISHED 7.8MM WHITE GOLD CASE
The Manufacture chose white gold because of the metal’s superior acoustic qualities and the midnight blue sunrayed dial contrasts dramatically with the hand-polished bezel, sides and tapering lugs.
HAUTE HORLOGERIE FINISHES
Haute Horlogerie finishes abound, including Côtes de Genève on certain bridges, and hand-bevelling, with the characteristically sharp internal angles bearing testimony to the Métiers RaresTM atelier’s craftsmen’s skill and attention to detail.
The Master Hybris Mechanica Calibre 362 is a technical tour-de-force uniting a minute repeater and flying tourbillon in an ultra-thin Automatic Calibre
HERITAGE
A LEGACY OF SOUND & PRECISION
To create the Hybris Mechanica Calibre 362, Jaeger-LeCoultre harnessed its remarkable heritage in two key areas: chiming calibres and precision. Since creating its first minute repeater in 1870, La Grande Maison has developed more than 200 different chiming calibres working ceaselessly to redefine acoustic quality and the clarity and beauty of the sound being produced.
A LEGACY OF THIN CALIBRES
The Maison’s distinguished history of ultra-thin watchmaking derives from its quest of marrying technical sophistication to aesthetic refinement. A milestone, which has inspired the pursuit of thinness and elegance, was the association between Edmond Jaeger and Jacques-David LeCoultre, which gave birth to one of the world’s thinnest pocket watch in 1907.
COLLECTION
HYBRIS MECHANICA
