Jaeger-LeCoultre has unveiled a new interpretation of its Master Control Calendar, celebrating the Maison’s historic triple-calendar movements from the 1940s. This limited edition combines vintage inspiration with modern design, offering collectors a refined and contemporary timepiece.
Sector Dial and Design Highlights
The watch features a 40mm stainless-steel case with a grained, two-tone gray dial inspired by mid-century sector designs. Light and dark gray sectors improve legibility, while day and month apertures rest on white discs with black numerals. A small-seconds subdial houses the moonphase display, showing a polished moon drifting across a star-studded blue sky. A light-gray minute ring transitions into a dark-gray peripheral date scale, where a red-tipped hand “jumps” 90 degrees mid-month to avoid obscuring the moonphase.
Inside, the timepiece is powered by the in-house Calibre 866, a self-winding movement with a 70-hour power reserve and the brand’s “1000 Hours Control” certification. The rapid-gliding date mechanism ensures the red-tipped hand moves smoothly across the dial each month without interrupting the lunar display. Produced in a limited run of 500 pieces, the Master Control Calendar retails at approximately $15,300 USD and is available through Jaeger-LeCoultre boutiques.
This release highlights the brand’s expertise in combining technical mastery with elegant design, offering a contemporary homage to its historical achievements in watchmaking.