Last month at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH ) in Geneva, Jaeger-LeCoultre unveiled the Duomètre à Sphérotourbillon, a tourbillon wristwatch that is both visually and technically amazing.

In Geneva, I met with Stéphane Belmont, Marketing Director at Jaeger-LeCoultre, and we discussed the historic importance of a tourbillon in watchmaking. As you probably already know, the first tourbillon was developed by Abraham-Louis Breguet around 1795; its purpose was to counter the effects of gravity by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in a rotating cage, thus improving the accuracy of the timepiece's regulating organs. Back then, the tourbillon was used to increase the precision of a timepiece.

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The Purists just published a sneak peek of a new timepiece that Jaeger-LeCoultre will unveil at SIHH 2012 next week - the Deep Sea Vintage Chronograph. It is a vintage inspired 100 meter dive watch powered by automatic caliber 751G and housed in a 40.5 mm case. This is not a professional diver watch and it is not recommended to activate the chronograph underwater.

The Deep Sea Chronograph is similar to the Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea that Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced last year. According to Jaeger's Tumblr site, it is "a remarkable reinterpretation of the legendary Memovox Deep Sea watch."

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Jaeger-LeCoultre announced today that it will create a special limited edition version of their Grande Reverso Ultra-Thin as a tribute to the popular AMC television series "Mad Men." The case back will be engraved with "Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce" as well as the first initial of each partner's name. A total of only 25 numbered timepieces will be produced. Available in February 2012, just in time for the fifth season of Mad Men, which begins March 16th, 2012.

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Next month at SIHH 2012 Jaeger-LeCoultre will be introducing a smaller version of the Duomètre à Quantième Lunaire, which was originally launched in 2010.

The Duomètre à Quantième Lunaire case is 40.5 mm in diameter, as opposed to 42 mm for the original. Consumers are asking for more conservative, smaller diameter timepieces, and this perfectly reflects that trend.

Jaeger-LeCoultre's Duomètre collection features the brand's unique Dual-Wing movement, caliber 381, which uses two separate power supplies. One power supply is entirely dedicated to displaying the time (hour, minute and seconds hands), the date and moonphase, the other is dedicated to and regulated by the escapement and balance. Both are synchronized through the jumping seconds hand mechanism (foudroyante) driven by the escapement.

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In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre invited renowned Mexican painter, muralist, and engraver Guillermo Ceniceros to create personalized editions of the Reverso.

The result of this collaboration is the Grande Reverso 976 Guillermo Ceniceros Special Edition. Two editions were created, stainless steel and rose gold, both with original art work engraved on their respective case backs.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Navy Seals Master Compressor Diver

Former president, Bill Clinton, was wearing a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving Alarm (not sure which reference) on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. Clinton made a guest appearance on the show to promote his new book "Back to Work," and wore the Jaeger outside of his shirt cuff, which made it clear what he was wearing. Clinton has been known as a watch fan ever since leaving office. He famously wore a Timex while in office, but after leaving he has been seen wearing a number of high-end timepieces.

On November 29, 2011 - at the Hotel Marcel Dassault in Paris, in conjunction with Jaeger-LeCoultre, Artcurial (France's foremost auction house) will be offering over 250 exceptional Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces.

One of the most interesting pieces is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Chronometer which "was created in 1958 on the occasion of the Manufacture's 125th anniversary. It was intended for the scientists of the International Geophysical Year, an unprecedented scientific operation. In the middle of the Cold War, several thousand researchers from 67 countries combined forces to lay the groundwork for sharing knowledge in the Earth sciences. They set up numerous bases in the Arctic. With its precision, toughness and resistance to magnetic fields, the Geophysic Chronometer accompanied their explorations."

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