JLC held the Hybris Mechanica Exhibition on October 10th 2013 at the Ion Sky in celebration of their 180th Anniversary. On show were a range of JLC watches from the Gyrotourbillon 3 to the Tourbillon Cylindrique A Quantieme Perpetuel and the Duometre Spherotourbillon.
In recent years, JLC has been making waves again. The Manufacture with more than 1,000 in-house calibres to their name is moving full steam ahead with many new timepieces. The Duometre range is an exciting development and in this year's release, several new watches including the Duometre Spherotourbillon.
The Spherotourbillon uses the cylindrical balance wheel and the tourbillon is a multi-axis tourbillon.
The manual winding Calibre 382 has 2 main springs and has a power reserve of 50 hours. Definitely a watch on my "Dream Watch" list if money were not an object.
Next the Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie, another watch from the Duometre range. Sings the Westminster Chime. Probably one of the most complicated wristwatch to be made.
On top of being a Grande Sonnerie, the watch is also a perpetual calendar with jumping hour indicator.
The chiming mechanism consists of four ‘Trébuchet Hammer’ that strikes harder than traditional strikers. On the left side of the watch is the retrograde date display.
A closer look at the striking mechanism.
And on the reverse, there is the double barrel and the flying tourbillon. As beautiful front and back.
Another view of the twin barrel and the finishing on the back of the watches.
Here is the link to the other post I wrote about JLC. I must say that with the Duometre line that JLC has shown real promise - much more to the brand that I had admired when I first started watch appreciation. Finishing was not very much a strength of JLC but with their latest development, I can say they are on the up. Great job JLC!
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