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Robin Tong Lin Wong

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. Two more came from the 2025 Watches & Wonders releases: the Tribute Geographic he chose that year, and the Or Deco he could not forget and brought home the next.

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stories/robin-nonantieme-front.jpgReverso Tribute Nonantième front
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A Reverso for a Milestone
Reverso Tribute Nonantième

The Nonantième was meant to be spoken for by the time he went looking. A meeting in Singapore with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s then CEO turned a missed allocation into the watch that marks his startup’s exit.

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The Reverso That Won Me Over
Reverso Tribute Geographic

Three Reversos on the shortlist after Watches & Wonders 2025, two boutique visits in one week, and one that kept drawing him back: the Tribute Geographic, a blue sunburst dial on one side and a hand-lacquered world map on the other.

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stories/robin-or-deco-front.jpgReverso Or Deco Milanese front
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The Reverso I Couldn’t Forget
Reverso Or Deco Milanese

He chose the Geographic in 2025, but the Or Deco Milanese he had handled as a prototype would not leave his head. A year later he ordered one; it arrived in June 2026 and has hardly left his wrist since.

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