Source: https://myreversostory.com/collectors/mitch-linda-katz Summary: 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… Updated: 2026-10-26 Publisher: My Reverso Story (https://myreversostory.com), an independent collector archive, not affiliated with Jaeger-LeCoultre. Collector Spotlight # Mitch & Linda Katz 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 lies in the stories surrounding it, also led Mitch to write *Time on My Hands: A Collector’s Journey in the World of Watches*, his memoir about the watches, people, and experiences that shaped his collecting life. He has since carried his love of horology into fiction with *Time Eternal*, the first in a series of mysteries set within the world of watches, with three further novels in development. Together, these ten watches tell something larger than the story of a collection: the story of Mitch and Linda, and of how, over time, watches became part of the memories they share. [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) 10 stories in this spotlight ### Number One of Five Grande Reverso 101 Art Déco A friend mentioned a watch Mitch had never really considered — and before lunch was over, he’d tracked down the last one in existence. It turned out to be number one of only five ever made, the smallest mechanical movement in the world floating inside a transparent sapphire case. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-101) ### The Watch Widow Reverso Duoface For years, Linda called herself a “watch widow” — happy to love the man, not the hobby. Mitch spent months looking for the one Reverso that might change her mind, right down to a buckle she could swap herself. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-linda-duoface) ### Linda’s Second Reverso Reverso Duetto, rose gold When Mitch fell for the Chocolate Reverso, someone thought to show them another watch — a rose-gold Duetto meant for Linda. It became her second Reverso, and a quiet sign she was no longer just watching from the sidelines. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-linda-second) ### The Imperfect Engraving The Chocolate Reverso A circular fleur-de-lis pattern, discovered during a dull lecture, had no business fitting a rectangular Reverso case — until an engraver in Switzerland made it work. Then a friend spotted something a photograph never had. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-chocolate-engraving) ### Number One — and the Piece of Lint Grande Reverso Ultra Thin SQ Number one of only fifty, handed over at a boutique opening in the snow — until a loupe revealed a speck of lint trapped beneath the crystal. Getting it right took three trips back to Switzerland. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-lint) ### The Watch I Designed, and the One I Bought Grande Reverso 1931 Seconde Centrale Over lunch at the Shanghai Film Festival, Mitch sketched his own watch on a napkin and pitched it to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s CEO that same evening. The napkin watch never happened — but a boutique visit to borrow a watch for a podcast ended, somehow, with him buying it instead. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-designed-watch) ### Goodbye, Wave Reverso Tribute Enamel — Hokusai, unique commission Mitch fell in love with one side of a Reverso and couldn’t live with the other. So he asked Jaeger-LeCoultre a question they don’t usually say yes to — and one of only eight became something else entirely. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-goodbye-wave) ### My Engraving Reverso Tribute Small Seconds, burgundy A pattern Mitch thought was his alone nearly went to someone else — until the manufacture realized the second request was from the same client. Today it appears, with quiet variations, on four different Reversos. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-my-engraving) ### The Scratch That Wasn’t There Reverso Tribute Nonantième A dropped pen, a hand reached under a car seat, and Mitch’s heart sank — his nearly new Reverso was scratched for good. Weeks later, picking at the case, he discovered the scratch had never existed at all. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-scratch) ### Linda Said I Had to Buy It Reverso Tribute Minute Repeater The woman who once called herself a “watch widow” looked at the rarest watch in the room and told her husband exactly one thing: buy it. Only ten were ever made, and Linda picked out number eight herself. [Read the Full Story](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-repeater) 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)