Since its rebirth in 2018, Jaeger-LeCoultre's Polaris collection has seamlessly blended sporty dynamism with refined elegance. The original Polaris, a diving watch from the 1960s, was reimagined to meet the needs of modern adventurers. The collection’s unique design language, characterised by off-centred crowns, taut lines, and glass-box crystals, pays homage to its vintage roots while introducing contemporary elements. This year, Jaeger-LeCoultre continues to expand this iconic line, introducing new models and dial colours that push the boundaries of luxury watchmaking.

The latest addition to the Polaris family is the Polaris Geographic, which features Jaeger-LeCoultre’s signature Geographic travel time complication. This model is designed with an eye-catching gradient ocean-grey lacquer dial, evocative of the sea under a cloudy sky. The creation of this dial involves the manual application of multiple layers of colour and translucent lacquer, requiring precision to achieve the perfect gradient. The dial’s architecture is complex and sophisticated, incorporating skeletonised hands, assertively designed Arabic numerals, and elongated trapezoid indexes, all coated in SuperLuminova for optimal legibility.

Complementing the striking dial is a pair of interchangeable straps – one in textured black rubber and the other in blue-grey canvas – allowing wearers to effortlessly switch styles. The mix of brushed and polished surfaces on the 42mm case, along with the narrow bezel, enhances the watch's distinctive look. The asymmetrical layout of the dial, with its second time zone and power reserve indicator, is both aesthetically pleasing and highly functional. The Geographic complication not only displays the hour of a second time zone but also includes a 24-hour Night and Day indicator and a city display for each of the 24 major time zones, making it exceptionally user-friendly for global travellers. Underneath its stylish exterior, the Polaris Geographic houses the automatic Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 939. This movement, visible through the sapphire crystal case-back, offers a power reserve of 70 hours. Designed, produced, and assembled in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, this calibre features a stop-seconds function to ensure precision to the hour, minute, and second, making it an ideal companion for those who demand both style and performance in their timepieces.

Alongside the Polaris Geographic, the collection also introduces new dial colours for the Polaris Date and Polaris Perpetual Calendar (pictured above), with gradient ocean-grey and gradient green or blue lacquer dials respectively, adding a fresh allure to these models. Complementing the striking dial is a pair of interchangeable straps – one in textured black rubber and the other in blue-grey canvas – allowing wearers to effortlessly switch styles between one of the Maison's finest divers' watch templates.