A new version of the Master Hybris Mechanica Calibre 362.

Ten years after the Master Hybris Mechanica Calibre 362 premiered, the collection is welcoming a new member. Jaeger-LeCoultre's thinnest tourbillon repeater has a case that measures just 7.8 mm in height. 

This is despite the complex architecture of the self-winding movement beating inside: it has 566 components, but it's still only 4.7 mm in height. The new version of the Master Hybris Mechanica Calibre 362 model is now protected by eight patents.

There used to be only two: one for the watch's crystal gongs received in 2005, and another for its trebuchet hammers granted in 2009. The other six were developed for this specific novelty.

They're for its flying balance wheel, flying balance wheel in a flying tourbillon, viewable S-shaped hairspring, fixed winding stroke on the minute repeater, retractable push-button on the minute repeater, and silent-time-lapse reduction on the minute repeater.

The last technical solution in the list is relatively fresh. Reducing the unnecessary pause in the striking process is designed for when there are no quarters to be struck between the chimes for the hours and minutes.

In these cases, the new repeater mechanism skips the long pause and chimes the number of elapsed minutes straight after the hours. Further know-how has been applied to the mechanism for activating the minute repeater. In order to activate the sonorous time-telling function, first you need to press an unlocking pusher at 8 o'clock.

Only then will a retractable pusher pop out at 10 o'clock, which you can press to activate the minute repeater. The first Hybris Mechanica 11 was released as a 75-piece limited series. Its relaunch has now been limited to five pieces. The 41-mm case in white gold frames a deep midnight blue dial with the classic satin-brushed sunburst pattern.