The Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie, makes the dream of a holy grail of watchmaking a reality through the realization of the most complex and demanding form of horology.
Jaeger LeCoultre is well known for constantly pushing the boundaries of watchmaking. The knowhow of over 1000 employees, in-house manufacturing as well as a reputation for tackling the most complex mechanical challenges guards the company’s role as one of the most serious watch manufactures in the world. By presenting the Hybris Mechanica 55, an iconic trilogy collection comprising three unprecedented masterpieces, Jaeger-LeCoultre once again proves to be the expert of the exceptional. The set consists of three watches, the all new Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie, the Hybris Mechanica à Gyrotourbillon and the Hybris Mechanica à Triptyque. Together, this landmark set of the most complicated wristwatches depicts the present state of Haute Horlogerie in the new millennium and showcases the greatest achievements in the 176-year-long history of the Grande Maison. Each watch is an icon of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s craftsmanship and cover three exciting aspects of watchmaking in full flamboyance and beauty: the epitome of precision timekeeping with the tourbillon, the mathematical ap-
proach to eternity in all its variations with the perpetual calendar, and the magic of sound with the Grande Sonnerie. The latest invention of the Grande Maison, the Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie, makes the dream of a holy grail of watchmaking a reality through the realization of the most complex and demanding form of horology: the striking of the time just as the Tower of Big Ben in Great Britain dictates, every hour and quarter – fully automatic and miniaturized to the size of a wristwatch. Combined with this outstanding feature the watch also comprises a flying tourbillon and a perpetual calendar with retrograde hands. A jumping hour and minute mechanism rounds off the concerto of this elaborate masterpiece of 26-complications. The Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie Among watchmakers the creation of a musical watch is regarded as the Mount Everest of horology because its mechanism far surpasses the complexity of any other mechanical watchmaking complication. Building a repeater watch not only requires decades of training in
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