Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 Pink Gold

In Context

At 27.4 mm this is jewellery scale — a watch sized to be worn as an ornament rather than read across a room. The 7.3 mm case is genuinely slim and goes under a shirt cuff without argument. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. Rated to 30 m, it is protected against rain and splashes and nothing beyond that.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 45 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

2782560 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a brown matte dial with a pink gold case.

The 822 is Jaeger-LeCoultre's hand-wound movement for the men's Reverso. It is a rectangular caliber of 134 parts with a 45-hour reserve, showing hours and minutes. It powers 16 watches in this library, every one a Reverso. The Reverso's swivelling rectangular case needs a rectangular movement, and Jaeger-LeCoultre has made its own for it since 1931. The 822 beats at 21,600 vph with 21 jewels at 20.2 mm across, and it is the movement of the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin of 2011 and the Reverso Tribute Monoface, whose 1931 edition reproduced the original's dial. In the library it powers 16 [Reverso](/brands/jaeger-lecoultre/reverso) references at case widths of 26 mm to 31 mm, in steel, pink gold and yellow gold. 4 are limited editions. The [822/2](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-822-2) adds a small seconds, the [822A/2](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-822a-2) is the current thin version, and the [854A/2](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-854a-2) the Duoface movement with two dials.

15 other watches in the library run the Jaeger-LeCoultre 822.

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Grande Taille Bracelet

2708110 · 26 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Grande Reverso Ultra Thin London Boutique Edition

278853L · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Monoface Year of the Dragon

Q39324D1 · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantieme Enamel Pink Gold / Grey

Q71125E1 · 29.9 mm