Source: https://myreversostory.com/series/chinese-zodiac Summary: A different animal each Lunar New Year, engraved into a background it was enamelled onto first. An ongoing run of Lunar New Year editions, one animal at a… Updated: 2026-09-11 Publisher: My Reverso Story (https://myreversostory.com), an independent collector archive, not affiliated with Jaeger-LeCoultre. Artistic Edition # Reverso Tribute Enamel — Chinese Zodiac A different animal each Lunar New Year, engraved into a background it was enamelled onto first. **Introduced**2022– **Crafts**Grand feu enamel · modelled engraving **Edition size**10 pieces (Horse) · made-to-order (Tiger, Dragon, Snake) **Movement**Calibre 822 / 822A/2 · manual-wound · 42 h reserve **Case**45.5–45.6 × 27.4 × 9.73 mm, 18k pink gold **Pieces in set**4 An ongoing run of Lunar New Year editions, one animal at a time — Tiger (2022), Dragon (2023), Snake (2024, for the 2025 New Year), and Horse (2025, for the 2026 New Year). All four share the same unusual sequence: the case-back is painted with black enamel first, leaving the animal’s silhouette bare, then fired and polished to a glassy finish before a master engraver works the reserved area in low relief using modelled engraving — roughly 55 to 80 hours per watch, entirely by hand, on a surface that can’t be repaired if the enamel chips. Every piece pairs the engraved back with a matching black grand feu enamel dial, so the animal is the only thing on the watch that isn’t glass-smooth. Sources: [SJX — Tiger](https://watchesbysjx.com/2022/01/jaeger-lecoultre-reverso-tribute-enamel-tiger.html) · [SJX — Dragon](https://watchesbysjx.com/2023/12/jaeger-lecoultre-reverso-tribute-enamel-dragon.html) · [JLC Press — Snake](https://press.jaeger-lecoultre.com/presenting-the-reverso-tribute-enamel-snake/) · [JLC Press — Horse](https://press.jaeger-lecoultre.com/introducing-the-reverso-tribute-enamel-horse/) Click any piece to turn it over ### “Tiger” Ref. Q39324K1 2022 · Year of the Tiger A first for Jaeger-LeCoultre in recent memory: figurative engraving combined with enamel on the same surface. The tiger leaps from black clouds, its stripes picked out afterward in black lacquer; 55 hours of engraving on a caseback already coated in fired enamel. Made to order rather than numbered, roughly €90,000 before tax at launch. ### “Dragon” Ref. Q39324D1 2023 · Year of the Wood Dragon A dragon coiled in clouds against the same stark black ground, its scales finished in black rhodium once the engraving is complete. Ten gravers, up to 80 hours of work — longer than the Tiger a year earlier. Made to order, roughly US$107,000 before tax at launch. ### “Snake” Ref. Q39324D2 2024 · Year of the Snake A snake emerging from a wreath of golden clouds, its scales hand-drawn in black rhodium against sandblasted cloud texture for contrast. Ten chisels, 80 hours of modelled engraving on the pre-enamelled back; getting the black grand feu right took five or six enamel layers and 24 hours of firing and cooling alone — 16 for the back, 8 for the dial — before half a day of polishing. Made to order, presented for the 2025 Lunar New Year. ### “Horse” Ref. Q39324D3 2025 · Year of the Horse The fourth in the series, and the first limited to a fixed edition of 10 rather than made to order. A horse’s head and forelegs appear to leap from sand-blasted golden clouds, mane and muzzle drawn in black rhodium for contrast; the engraver used ten differently sized chisels and modelled engraving — sculpting for depth rather than flat outline — across 80 hours of work on the enamelled back. Presented ahead of the Lunar New Year at Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Dream Shaper exhibition in Shanghai, September 2025. Help Complete This Set ## Missing details, missing photos. Missing a photo, or have a detail to add? If you own one of these pieces, or have the press pack, we'd like to hear from you. [Get In Touch](https://myreversostory.com/#submit)