Source: https://myreversostory.com/collectors Summary: The collectors whose Jaeger-LeCoultre Reversos fill this archive, from New York to Kampala and London to Singapore, and the stories on their case backs. Updated: 2026-11-02 Publisher: My Reverso Story (https://myreversostory.com), an independent collector archive, not affiliated with Jaeger-LeCoultre. The Collectors # The people behind the second faces. 20 collectors, 43 stories. Each wrote about their own Reverso: how it reached them, and why the back looks the way it does. ## [Mitch & Linda Katz](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/mitch-linda-katz) 10 stories · Grande Reverso 101 Art Déco · Reverso Duoface · Reverso Duetto, rose gold For Mitch Katz and his wife Linda, watches have never been simply objects to collect. They have become part of a life together, connected to friendships, travels, accidents, laughter, personal milestones, and the people they have met along the way. That same belief, that the real value of a watch… [See all 10 stories](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/mitch-linda-katz) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/uniquelyprototype/)[Time on My Hands (book)](https://www.amazon.com/Time-My-Hands-Collectors-Journey/dp/1964014530)[Time Eternal (book)](https://www.amazon.com/Time-Eternal-Mitch-Katz/dp/1964014638) ## [Randy Kamin](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/randy-kamin) 1 story · Reverso The very first JLC Randy ever bought is already written into his will — engraved with the family initial, and meant for his son one day. It turned out to be the start of a collection nineteen watches deep, and counting. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/randy-kamin) ## [Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/edi-deni-shipoli) 5 stories · Reverso Tribute Duoface, Casa Fagliano · Reverso Tribute Nonantième · Reverso Tribute Monoface, green dial For Edi and Deni Shipoli, collecting watches has never really been about building a collection according to a plan. The watches that have stayed with them are usually the ones that became connected to something else: a place, a friendship, a journey, an achievement, the birth of their son Brion… [See all 5 stories](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/edi-deni-shipoli) [Edi on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/shipoli_e/)[Brion on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/brionandwatches/)[Watches & Politics — YouTube](https://youtube.com/@WatchesAndPolitics)[Watches & Politics — Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/7uFPFIcvfG8IwrbhXMNcjl)[Watches & Politics — Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watches-and-politics/id1822610214)[Watches & Politics — website](https://www.shipoliventures.com/watchesandpolitics) ## [Sarp Vahabi](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/sarp-vahabi) 1 story · Reverso monoface, steel — dial signed Golay Fils & Stahl Sarp Vahabi collects Reversos for the reason the watch has always invited: the blank reverse, and what people chose to put on it. Most of those engravings are private — an initial, a date, a message meaningful to one person and unreadable to everyone since. Occasionally one preserves something… [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/sarp-vahabi) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/watch_game_is_disgusting/)[watches.com.tr](https://watches.com.tr) ## [Roni Madhvani](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/roni-madhvani) 1 story · Reverso with enamel and engraved portrait of Jalaram Bapa Roni Madhvani is a collector whose taste has always been drawn toward the unusual. Based in Kampala, Uganda, he has built a collection around vintage watches with character: unusual cases, double-signed and enamel dials, clocks and pocket watches, and particularly pieces from the Art Deco period.… [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/roni-madhvani) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/roni_m_29/) ## [Farhan Hussain](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/farhan-hussain) 2 stories · Reverso with lacquered lettering · Reverso, black dial Farhan Hussain collects from London, where two Reversos in his collection have become tied to his two children — one ordered a week after his daughter was born and personalised with her name, the other bought years earlier and engraved before his son arrived. [See all 2 stories](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/farhan-hussain) ## [Robin Tong Lin Wong](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/robin-tong-lin-wong) 3 stories · Reverso Tribute Nonantième · Reverso Tribute Geographic · Reverso Or Deco Milanese Robin Tong Lin Wong collects from Singapore, and Jaeger-LeCoultre has always been his favourite maison. His most personal Reverso marks a professional milestone rather than a family one: the technology startup he backed as an investor and joined as an early employee, and the exit that followed.… [See all 3 stories](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/robin-tong-lin-wong) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/watchthebin/) ## [@decowatches](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/decowatches) 3 stories · Reverso Classic, 45.6mm · Reverso Tribute, 40.1mm · Reverso Tribute Duoface Tourbillon, stainless steel A Reverso collector known on Instagram as @decowatches. His two engraved pieces trace two different threads of his life: a promise made to his wife on their honeymoon in Milan, and more than two decades spent playing guitar, including one professional stretch. A third, a steel Tribute Duoface… [See all 3 stories](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/decowatches) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/decowatches/) ## [A DC Watch Enthusiast](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/dc-watch-enthusiast) 1 story · Reverso, green dial A DC-area watch enthusiast whose Reverso marks a specific professional milestone: joining the Advisory Board of George Mason University’s Costello College of Business, translated into the watch’s own hand-decorated case back rather than a literal school crest. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/dc-watch-enthusiast) ## [Paul Stewart](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/paul-stewart) 1 story · Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds Paul Stewart’s Reverso carries a piece of family history few watches could: an engraved portrait of his great-great-grandfather, taken from a sketch drawn generations ago by a cousin who happened to be a working artist. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/paul-stewart) ## [Taylor Wos](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/taylor-wos) 1 story · Reverso Taylor Wos grew up in New York City sharing a love of Art Deco with her architect father. That shared interest became the one-of-one engraving on the back of her Reverso, since recognized by other collectors and once photographed for The New York Times. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/taylor-wos) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/aniatronicss/) ## [Rashawn Smith](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/rashawn-smith) 1 story · Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre × Aston Martin Rashawn Smith collects under the name Fit 2 Win. His Reverso is a 2007 Jaeger-LeCoultre × Aston Martin collaboration piece, acquired secondhand from the original owner’s son in a sale that started as a favor and ended as a purchase. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/rashawn-smith) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/Rashawn__Smith/) ## [Haoming Wang](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/haoming-wang) 1 story · Reverso Haoming Wang shares his watches on Instagram as @h.m.montre. His Reverso is a tribute to the musician Sarah Àlainn: a commissioned illustration hand-engraved on the case back, and a strap chosen to bring back the one thing engraving could not carry, its colour. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/haoming-wang) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/h.m.montre/) ## [SM](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/sm) 1 story · Reverso, hand-wound, time only SM is a collector in Hong Kong who shares this story under initials. The Reverso was a surprise gift from a godfather; the dragon on its back was designed over drinks and sketches with the engraver Carlos Koo. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/sm) ## [Bird](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/bird) 1 story · Reverso, manual wind, about 35 × 19 mm Bird collects Reversos with a close eye for proportion: after trying almost every size on a small wrist, the smaller vintage case won. A love of Japanese city pop shows up in the straps, made in unusual colours with contrasting stitching and linings that do not match. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/bird) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/birddd/) ## [@jlc.reverso](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/jlc-reverso) 6 stories · Grande Reverso Day/Night, Limited Thailand Edition · Grande Reverso “25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Kuwait” (rose gold) and “55th Anniversary of the Nation of Kuwait” (steel) · Reverso 60ème, Grande Taille A Reverso collector in Thailand who shares the collection on Instagram as @jlc.reverso. The pieces here follow one thread: the Reverso as a record of history, from a coloured dial of 1933 and the first complicated Reverso of 1991 to editions made for Thailand and Kuwait, a tourbillon given a dial… [See all 6 stories](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/jlc-reverso) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jlc.reverso/) ## [Ian Cassar](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/ian-cassar) 1 story · Reverso, engraved with the Cassar coat of arms Ian Cassar collects from Malta. The Reverso here carries the Cassar family coat of arms, engraved by Jaeger-LeCoultre through the island’s jeweller, run by an old school friend, and it is meant one day for the next generation. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/ian-cassar) ## [@wristwatch_kitja](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/wristwatch-kitja) 1 story · Grande Reverso Ultra Thin, Edition Spéciale Rouge A Reverso collector known on Instagram as @wristwatch_kitja, whose love of one red dial led to a first trip abroad made purely to find a watch. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/wristwatch-kitja) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/wristwatch_kitja/) ## [Win](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/win) 1 story · Reverso Duoface Win started looking at watches in high school. The first Reverso, a Dual Time on an ostrich strap, was a mother’s offer, set aside for a week and sold in the meantime. Almost twenty years on, a Reverso Duoface brought the whole moment back. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/win) ## [@thefinesttastesclub](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/thefinesttastesclub) 1 story · Reverso, steel and gold, retailed by Favre-Leuba & Co., India A collector known on Instagram as @thefinesttastesclub, drawn to the Reverso’s design and to the history it carries. This 1930s example, sold through Favre-Leuba in colonial India, turned up in West Bengal in 2026 with the traces of a removed engraving still on its back. [Read the story](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/thefinesttastesclub) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/thefinesttastesclub/) Share Your Story ## Every Reverso has a second side. If your watch carries an engraving, a memory, or a story worth telling, we'd like to hear it. [Get In Touch](https://myreversostory.com/#submit)