Enamel—especially when it comes out of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Métiers Rares atelier—has been on my mind quite a bit lately. It’s the kind of craft that feels increasingly rare in modern watchmaking, not because it’s forgotten, but because it’s slow, expensive, and unforgiving. And yet JLC continues to invest in it deliberately—which I love.
This Hokusai series is really the embodiment of that ethos, both in production and execution. Since 2018, they’ve been working through these works piece by piece, not rushing the full set out all at once. This is the fifth release tied to Hokusai, and the first since 2023, finally completing the waterfall series.
Tim Jeffreys
2026-04-15 05:00:00