Reverso Tribute Monoface Year of the Snake

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. At 8.5 mm thick it is about average for a modern wristwatch. 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.

Q39324D2 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black gloss dial with a pink gold case.

The 822A/2 is the thin hand-wound movement of the Reverso Classic Medium Thin and the Tribute editions. It is 2.94 mm high, with 108 parts and a 45-hour reserve in a rectangular caliber. It powers 19 watches in this library, every one a Reverso. It is the current form of the 822, Jaeger-LeCoultre's rectangular hand-wound movement for the Reverso, at 20.2 mm across with 19 jewels and a beat of 21,600 vph, showing hours and minutes only. Its thinness is what keeps the Reverso Classic Medium Thin under 8 mm, swivelling case included. In the library it powers 19 [Reverso](/brands/jaeger-lecoultre/reverso) references, the Classic Medium Thin at 27.4 mm and the Classic Small at 24.4 mm in steel and pink gold, and the Tribute editions, 10 of which are limited. The [822](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-822) is the earlier version of the same movement, the [822/2](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-822-2) its small-seconds sibling, and the [846/1](/calibers/jaeger-lecoultre-846-1) the ladies' size.

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

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Enamel Monet's Venice / San Giorgio Maggiore

Q39334M4 · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Faridun Tests His Son

Q39334S2 · 27.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Monoface Midsize Stainless Steel / Silver

Q7168420 · 24.4 mm

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Enamel Monet's Venice / The Grand Canal

Q39334M5 · 27.4 mm