When Jaeger-LeCoultre debuted the Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds 'Or Deco' in pink gold at Watches and Wonders 2025, the watch instantly read as one of those rare modern releases that felt simultaneously vintage and inevitable. A year later, the Manufacture rounds out the proposition with the obvious second move: the same watch, executed entirely in 18K white gold. Limited to 200 pieces, it is the cool, monochromatic counterpart to last year's warm-toned original—and, depending on which side of the gold debate one falls on, arguably the more wearable of the two.
Things to Know About the Watch
The case dimensions remain unchanged from the 2025 reference: 45.6 mm x 27.4 mm, with a profile of 7.56 mm. These are the slimmer contemporary Tribute proportions, and on the wrist, they read distinctly different in white gold than in pink—less jewelry, more architecture. The 50-component swiveling Reverso construction is intact, with the solid case back once again serving as a blank canvas for personalization through engraving, enamel, or gem-setting at the wearer's request.
The defining shift is the chromatic register. Where the pink gold version played a warm-on-warm monochrome with its 4N grained dial, the white gold edition pairs the polished case with a silvered finely-grained dial—soft and powdery in texture, catching light very differently than its sibling. The applied indexes and Dauphine hands stand out with a luminous shine against the matte surface, and the result is something closer to platinum-era restraint than to the cocktail-watch lineage that defines the rest of the 'Or Deco' family.
The Milanese mesh bracelet is, as ever, the conceptual anchor. Requiring more than 10 meters of 18K white gold per piece, the bracelet was developed in lockstep with the Reverso's profile rather than retrofitted to it. The specialized attachment link passes the barrette directly through the mesh, with redesigned lug holes accommodating the integration, and the sliding clasp is infinitely adjustable—a small detail that materially affects daily wear.
The Movement
Powering the watch is the same manually-wound in-house Calibre 822 that has anchored the Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds since its introduction. Shaped to follow the geometry of the rectangular case, the movement displays hours, minutes, and small seconds at 6 o'clock with a 42-hour power reserve. It is not a complicated calibre, and it does not need to be. The Reverso Tribute Monoface has always been about form discipline, and the Calibre 822 is engineered to disappear into it.
On the Wrist & Price
On the wrist, the white gold execution does something the pink gold original does not: it disappears. The cool metal reads almost like polished steel from a conversational distance, and the silvered grained dial absorbs light rather than reflecting it. The Milanese mesh continues to be the surprise—it drapes like fabric, weighs meaningfully without being burdensome, and adjusts via the sliding clasp to a fit that no traditional gold bracelet can match. The Reverso has worn many bracelets over its 95 years; this one may be the most successful since the original cordonnet straps of the 1930s.
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