Reverso Classic Large Monoface Small Seconds Stainless Steel / Silver / Fagliano

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 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.

Q3858523 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a silver guilloche dial with a stainless steel case. Introduced in 1931.

The 822/2 is the hand-wound Reverso movement with a small seconds. It has 108 parts, a 45-hour reserve and the seconds on a subdial, in the rectangular caliber Jaeger-LeCoultre builds for the case. It powers 16 watches in this library, every one a Reverso. It beats at 21,600 vph with 21 jewels at 20.2 mm across, and it is the movement of the Reverso Tribute Small Seconds and its 1931-styled editions, where the small seconds at 6 o'clock recalls the original Reverso's dial. The library's 1931 reference is one of them. In the library it powers 16 [Reverso](/brands/jaeger-lecoultre/reverso) references, 14 of them at 27.4 mm, in steel and pink gold with burgundy, blue, green and silver dials. The [822](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-822) is the same movement without the seconds, the [822A/2](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-822a-2) its thin two-hand version, and the [854A/2](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-854a-2) the Duoface movement.

15 other watches in the library run the Jaeger-LeCoultre 822/2.

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Small Seconds Pink Gold / Black / Fagliano

713257J · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds Pink Gold / Pink / Mesh

Q713216J · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Small Seconds Pink Gold / Burgundy / Fagliano

713256J · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Monoface Stainless Steel / Green

3978430 · 27.4 mm