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One of 39 made for Thailand: three for the colours of the flag, nine for King Rama IX. A yellow dial for the light of dawn, and on the reverse, Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn.

Two anniversaries in one year, written into the production numbers: 25 in rose gold for the liberation, 55 in steel for the nation. Both wear a deep green dial with scarlet numerals, and this collector found one of each.

Five hundred pieces for the Reverso’s sixtieth birthday, and three firsts at once: the Grande Taille case, the first complications in a series Reverso, and the first sapphire back. Every complicated Reverso since starts here.

A chocolate-brown dial in 1933, when nearly every dial was white or silver, and made that way only because its first owner asked. Ninety years later Jaeger-LeCoultre chose it for the first edition of The Collectibles.

One of fifty platinum Tribute Tourbillon Duofaces, all made with a blue dial. Through the Bangkok boutique this collector asked the Manufacture for salmon instead, and waited more than a year to see it.

Mucha’s Spring in grand feu enamel, one of only eight. After a long search for a yellow-gold Reverso with guilloché and enamel, this collector chose Spring for its colours and for what the season means: renewal, and a new beginning.