# My Reverso Story

> An independent collector archive of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, the rectangular watch whose case turns over, patented in 1931: 43 first-hand collector stories from 20 collectors, 49 documented pièces uniques, 25 artistic and commemorative series, 117 limited editions, 54 models and 37 calibres. Not affiliated with Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Most of the collector stories and personalised case backs published here appear nowhere else. Every page is server-rendered HTML; most have a Markdown twin at the same address ending in `.md`. The full text of the archive is in one file at https://myreversostory.com/llms-full.txt.

## Start here
- [What is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso?](https://myreversostory.com/what-is-the-reverso): definition, key facts, how the case works, timeline
- [Reverso FAQ](https://myreversostory.com/faq): short answers to the common questions
- [Engraving a Reverso case back](https://myreversostory.com/engraving): what collectors put on the back, the process and how long it took
- [Glossary](https://myreversostory.com/glossary): Duoface, gadroons, grand feu, pièce unique and more
- [History, 1931 to today](https://myreversostory.com/history): the polo field, the patent, the long silence, the rescue, the complications
- [About My Reverso Story](https://myreversostory.com/about): who publishes it, how stories are checked, sources

## Collector stories
- [Goodbye, Wave](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-goodbye-wave): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [My Baby](https://myreversostory.com/stories/randy-kamin-first-reverso): Randy Kamin, 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…
- [Our Istanbul](https://myreversostory.com/stories/shipoli-istanbul): Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli, Reverso Tribute Monoface, green dial. Edi and Deni wanted an engraving that meant something, not a postcard — no bridge, no mosque, no obvious skyline. Istanbul jeweler Sevan Bıçakçı turned a conversation about tea…
- [The Diplomat’s Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/sarp-titulescu): Sarp Vahabi, Reverso monoface, steel — dial signed Golay Fils & Stahl. An early steel Reverso found through an Istanbul dealer, its case back engraved with a signature and a date: 29·X·934. The signature belonged to Nicolae Titulescu, and the date…
- [The Reverso of Belief](https://myreversostory.com/stories/roni-jalaram): Roni Madhvani, Reverso with enamel and engraved portrait of Jalaram Bapa. A wedding gift from his wife, later sent to Le Sentier with an unusual request: a portrait of the Gujarati saint Jalaram Bapa on the reverse. What came back was not what he had…
- [My Daughter’s Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/farhan-daughter): Farhan Hussain, Reverso with lacquered lettering. Ordered a week after his daughter was born, then sent back to Switzerland so her name could be lacquered across the reverse. He wears it carefully, because one day it will be hers.
- [The Gibson Guitar Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/decowatches-gibson): @decowatches, Reverso Tribute, 40.1mm. Engraved with a 1964 Gibson ES-335 — the same year as Eric Clapton’s famous cherry red guitar — to mark more than twenty years playing guitar, including one professional stretch.
- [George Mason Flower](https://myreversostory.com/stories/george-mason-flower): A DC Watch Enthusiast, Reverso, green dial. A board appointment at George Mason University’s business school became the reason for a first Reverso: green dial to the front, and on the back, the school’s colors reimagined…
- [A Portrait from the Family](https://myreversostory.com/stories/paul-stewart-portrait): Paul Stewart, Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds. An empty case back bothered him for years, until he remembered a family sketch by his great-great-grandfather’s cousin, the Russian Impressionist Leonid Pasternak, and turned a…
- [Wisdom](https://myreversostory.com/stories/taylor-wos-wisdom): Taylor Wos, Reverso. Father and daughter shared a love of Art Deco New York, and turned it into a one-of-one engraving of Lee Lawrie’s Wisdom from Rockefeller Center, inscription and all. The watch…
- [The Aston Martin Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/rashawn-smith-astonmartin): Rashawn Smith, Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre × Aston Martin. A 2007 collaboration piece built around the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, bought secondhand from the original owner’s son after a sale that started as a favor between strangers and…
- [A Tribute in Detail and Colour](https://myreversostory.com/stories/haoming-wang-tribute): Haoming Wang, Reverso. A drawing of the musician Sarah Àlainn in a yellow dress, commissioned from a Sydney artist and hand-engraved on the case back. Engraving kept every detail except the yellow, so…
- [The Dragon](https://myreversostory.com/stories/sm-dragon): SM, Reverso, hand-wound, time only. A blank Reverso found at a small auction in eastern France and carried to Hong Kong as a godfather’s surprise gift. Then a self-taught engraver, who is also an actor and model…
- [The Reverso of the Temple of Dawn](https://myreversostory.com/stories/jlc-reverso-wat-arun): @jlc.reverso, Grande Reverso Day/Night, Limited Thailand Edition. 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.
- [A Reverso of Hope](https://myreversostory.com/stories/ian-cassar-spes): Ian Cassar, Reverso, engraved with the Cassar coat of arms. The Cassar family coat of arms, engraved by Jaeger-LeCoultre in Malta: a red cross and four letters, SPES, Latin for hope. It is meant for a son who is nine today, with a message…
- [A Reverso for a Milestone](https://myreversostory.com/stories/robin-nonantieme): Robin Tong Lin Wong, 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…
- [The Little Reverso from Japan](https://myreversostory.com/stories/bird-little-reverso): Bird, Reverso, manual wind, about 35 × 19 mm. Found in Japan, left behind, regretted for six months, then brought home by a friend who happened to be travelling there: a small manual-wind Reverso in the proportions it took…
- [The Reverso Worth Traveling For](https://myreversostory.com/stories/kitja-rouge): @wristwatch_kitja, Grande Reverso Ultra Thin, Edition Spéciale Rouge. A red dial that could not be bought at home, and the first time a love of watches became a reason to cross a border: the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Rouge, a 2012 boutique edition…
- [The Reverso That Waited Twenty Years](https://myreversostory.com/stories/win-duoface): Win, Reverso Duoface. A mother’s offer, a Reverso on final sale, and a promise to wait one week. The watch was gone. Almost twenty years later, another Reverso Duoface brought it all back.
- [A Reverso from Another India](https://myreversostory.com/stories/finesttastes-india): @thefinesttastesclub, Reverso, steel and gold, retailed by Favre-Leuba & Co., India. A 1930s Reverso sold through Favre-Leuba in colonial India, found in West Bengal in 2026. On its back, a blue lacquer border and the traces of an engraving someone removed, for…
- [The Imperfect Engraving](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-chocolate-engraving): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [My Son’s Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/farhan-son): Farhan Hussain, Reverso, black dial. Bought in 2017 and engraved with his own initials in 2023 — a year before his son was born. He has occasionally wished he had waited, and then decided the initials were the…
- [My Son’s Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/decowatches-son): @decowatches, Reverso Classic, 45.6mm. Bought with his wife during their honeymoon in Milan, with a promise made that same day: whenever a first child arrived, its initials and birth date would go on the back. Three…
- [The Tourbillon Made My Own](https://myreversostory.com/stories/jlc-reverso-tourbillon): @jlc.reverso, Reverso Tribute Tourbillon Duoface, platinum, special salmon dial. 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…
- [My Engraving](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-my-engraving): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [A Reverso for Spring](https://myreversostory.com/stories/jlc-reverso-mucha): @jlc.reverso, Reverso Tribute Enamel Alfons Mucha “Spring”, yellow gold. 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…
- [The Watch I Designed, and the One I Bought](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-designed-watch): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [The Reverso That Started It All](https://myreversostory.com/stories/shipoli-fagliano): Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli, Reverso Tribute Duoface, Casa Fagliano. Edi and Deni went to New York with another brand’s watch already picked out for Deni. They came home instead with a limited-edition Reverso Duoface they had specifically told the…
- [Number One of Five](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-101): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [The Reverso That Won Me Over](https://myreversostory.com/stories/robin-geographic): Robin Tong Lin Wong, 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…
- [Love at First Sight](https://myreversostory.com/stories/decowatches-tourbillon): @decowatches, Reverso Tribute Duoface Tourbillon, stainless steel. First seen on Jérôme Lambert’s wrist at a boutique event in 2025, and ordered just under three months later: a flying tourbillon in a steel Reverso, and a watch he knows will…
- [Two Reversos, Two Anniversaries](https://myreversostory.com/stories/jlc-reverso-kuwait): @jlc.reverso, Grande Reverso “25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Kuwait” (rose gold) and “55th Anniversary of the Nation of Kuwait” (steel). 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…
- [The Watch Widow](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-linda-duoface): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [The Most Beautiful Watch Ever Made](https://myreversostory.com/stories/shipoli-nonantieme): Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli, Reverso Tribute Nonantième. A weekend in New York with a nine-month-old Brion in tow, a watch that looked classical on one side and radically modern on the other, and a passing joke to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s…
- [The Reverso I Couldn’t Forget](https://myreversostory.com/stories/robin-or-deco): Robin Tong Lin Wong, 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…
- [The Reverso That Changed Everything](https://myreversostory.com/stories/jlc-reverso-60eme): @jlc.reverso, Reverso 60ème, Grande Taille. 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…
- [Linda’s Second Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-linda-second): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [The Call Before the Appointment](https://myreversostory.com/stories/shipoli-chronograph): Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli, Reverso Tribute Chronograph, steel. A 9 a.m. phone call in New York, a boutique appointment two hours away, and a scramble to secure a steel Reverso chronograph before that year’s allocation ran out. It ended up…
- [A Brown Dial from 1933](https://myreversostory.com/stories/jlc-reverso-1933): @jlc.reverso, Reverso Small Seconds, stainless steel, brown dial. 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…
- [Number One — and the Piece of Lint](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-lint): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [Our First Watches and Wonders](https://myreversostory.com/stories/shipoli-geographic): Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli, Reverso Tribute Geographic, steel. A steel-versus-pink-gold debate at midnight in a Geneva hotel room was settled by the youngest member of the family: four-and-a-half-year-old Brion wanted the blue one. It became…
- [The Scratch That Wasn’t There](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-scratch): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…
- [Linda Said I Had to Buy It](https://myreversostory.com/stories/mitch-repeater): Mitch & Linda Katz, 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…

## Collectors
- [Mitch & Linda Katz](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/mitch-linda-katz): 10 stories
- [Randy Kamin](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/randy-kamin): 1 story
- [Edi, Deni & Brion Shipoli](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/edi-deni-shipoli): 5 stories
- [Sarp Vahabi](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/sarp-vahabi): 1 story
- [Roni Madhvani](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/roni-madhvani): 1 story
- [Farhan Hussain](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/farhan-hussain): 2 stories
- [Robin Tong Lin Wong](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/robin-tong-lin-wong): 3 stories
- [@decowatches](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/decowatches): 3 stories
- [A DC Watch Enthusiast](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/dc-watch-enthusiast): 1 story
- [Paul Stewart](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/paul-stewart): 1 story
- [Taylor Wos](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/taylor-wos): 1 story
- [Rashawn Smith](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/rashawn-smith): 1 story
- [Haoming Wang](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/haoming-wang): 1 story
- [SM](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/sm): 1 story
- [Bird](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/bird): 1 story
- [@jlc.reverso](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/jlc-reverso): 6 stories
- [Ian Cassar](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/ian-cassar): 1 story
- [@wristwatch_kitja](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/wristwatch-kitja): 1 story
- [Win](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/win): 1 story
- [@thefinesttastesclub](https://myreversostory.com/collectors/thefinesttastesclub): 1 story

## Pièces uniques
- [The Balbo Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/balbo-reverso): 1933 · Hand engraving · made for Commemorating Italo Balbo
- [The Roger Feutz “Gardien Acrobate” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/roger-feutz-gardien-acrobate-reverso): 1932 · Blue dial · hand-engraved case-back · made for Roger Feutz, goalkeeper, FC Lausanne-Sports
- [The Scuola Grande di San Rocco Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/scuola-grande-di-san-rocco-reverso): 2016 · Grand feu miniature enamel · made for Displayed at the Jaeger-LeCoultre boutique, Venice
- [The Carmen Chaplin Heart Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/carmen-chaplin-heart-reverso): 2016 · Hand-engraved case-back · made for Carmen Chaplin, actress and JLC ambassador
- [The Charlie Chaplin Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/charlie-chaplin-reverso): 2026 · Hand engraving, available to order · made for Lionel Meylan boutique exclusive, Vevey
- [“Reverso for Emergency”](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/reverso-for-emergency): 2011 · Red lacquer case-back · made for Charity campaign, Venice Film Festival
- [“A Rose for Emergency”](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/a-rose-for-emergency-reverso): 2012 · Red lacquer case-back · made for Charity campaign, Venice Film Festival
- [The “Wimbledon” Cloisonné Enamel Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/wimbledon-cloisonne-enamel-reverso): 1940s · Cloisonné enamel dial, Stern Frères
- [The Roland Garros 1952 Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/roland-garros-1952-reverso): 1952 · Cloisonné enamel dial, Stern Frères · engraved case-back · made for Possibly presented to Jaroslav Drobný
- [The Cloisonné Polo Player Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/cloisonne-polo-player-reverso): 1937 · Cloisonné enamel dial · sweep centre seconds · engraved initials · made for Initials “AJ”
- [The Wrist Reverso “Topaz” (Alfons Mucha)](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/wrist-reverso-topaz-alfons-mucha): c. 1999–2000 · Grand feu enamel miniature painting, Miklos Merczel · made for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s own archive/museum
- [The Tamara de Lempicka Quartet](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/tamara-de-lempicka-quartet-reverso): 2003 · Grand feu enamel miniature painting · made for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s own archive — never offered for sale
- [The “Big Dipper” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/big-dipper-reverso): 2000 · Double dial, 24-hour display, custom starburst dial
- [The “Reverso II” Enamel Coat of Arms](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/reverso-ii-enamel-coat-of-arms): 1980s · Enamel coat of arms · made for No. 185413
- [The Steel Enamelled Coat of Arms Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/steel-enamelled-coat-of-arms-reverso): 1950s · Enamel coat of arms · made for Movement No. 17644
- [The Onyx Bracelet Coat of Arms Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/onyx-bracelet-coat-of-arms-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · extensible steel bracelet with onyx plates
- [The “Wiener Cercle” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/wiener-cercle-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel medallion · made for A Vienna gentlemen’s club
- [The “Sans Peur” Griffin Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/sans-peur-griffin-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · made for Possibly Clan Sutherland, Scotland — not confirmed
- [The “HMS Victory” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/hms-victory-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel badge · made for Royal Navy — HMS Victory
- [The House of Savoy Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/house-of-savoy-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · made for Kingdom of Italy — House of Savoy
- [The A.S. Roma Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/a-s-roma-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · made for Associazione Sportiva Roma — now in the Jaeger-LeCoultre museum
- [The Crescent and Mullets Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/crescent-and-mullets-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · made for Unidentified
- [The “Nec Timide Nec Tarde” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/nec-timide-nec-tarde-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · made for Unidentified
- [The “Fideliter” Herons Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/fideliter-herons-reverso): 1930s · Polychrome enamel coat of arms · made for Unidentified
- [The “MJ” Monogram Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/mj-monogram-reverso): 1930s · Engraved monogram, no colour · made for Initials “MJ”
- [The “Aéroclub Suisse de Bâle” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/aeroclub-suisse-de-bale-reverso): 1933 · Engraved emblem and lettering · made for Presented to pilot Alphonse Kammacher
- [The Heidelberg Vineyard Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/heidelberg-vineyard-reverso): Engraved coat of arms, matched to a physical object · made for A vineyard owner near Heidelberg, Germany
- [The Scherb Family Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/scherb-family-reverso): Engraved private coat of arms · made for The Scherb family, Basel
- [The “Floreat Etona” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/floreat-etona-reverso): 1933 · Enamelled crest · made for Unknown — an enduring mystery
- [The Prince Aage of Denmark Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/prince-aage-of-denmark-reverso): 1934 · Engraving · made for Prince Aage of Denmark (1887–1940)
- [The Amelia Earhart Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/amelia-earhart-reverso): 1935 · Engraved map · made for Commemorating Amelia Earhart
- [The “Maharani” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/maharani-reverso): 1936 · Miniature enamel portrait · made for Probably Kanchan Prabha Devi
- [The Maharaja of Jaipur Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/maharaja-of-jaipur-reverso): 1930s · Engraved coat of arms · made for Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur
- [The British Racing Drivers’ Club Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/british-racing-drivers-club-reverso): 1937 · Enamelled club emblem · made for A BRDC member
- [The Edward VIII Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/edward-viii-reverso): 1937 · Engraved royal arms · made for King Edward VIII
- [The Rama Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/rama-reverso): 1949 · Miniature enamel
- [The Reverso à Éclipses by Zep](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/reverso-a-eclipses-by-zep): 2011 · Miniature enamel behind a shutter mechanism · made for Pièce unique, sold for charity
- [The Swiss national football team Reversos](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/swiss-national-football-team-reversos): 1938 · Engraved dedication · made for The 1938 Swiss World Cup squad
- [A Hidden Message](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/a-hidden-message-reverso): 2010s · Hand-engraved Chinese poem · made for Peter Lee, for his wife Yin Sze · Hong Kong SAR, China
- [The Detail Is in the Dragon](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/detail-is-in-the-dragon-reverso): 2010s · Hand engraving · made for Juliano Cazarré · Brazil
- [A Father’s Treasure](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/a-fathers-treasure-reverso): 2018 · Engraved from a child’s drawing · made for Cho Hyunchul · Seoul, South Korea
- [The General Douglas MacArthur Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/general-douglas-macarthur-reverso): 1937 · Engraved monogram in black lacquer · made for Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- [The Marchioness of Milford Haven Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/marchioness-of-milford-haven-reverso): 2010s · Diamond-set night dial, engraved cradle · made for Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven
- [The Giovanni Soldini Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/giovanni-soldini-reverso): 1999 · Unique commissioned piece · made for Giovanni Soldini, solo yachtsman
- [The “Liverbird” Grande Reverso 1931 Rouge](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/liverbird-grande-reverso-1931-rouge): 2010s · Engraving filled in red · made for Xiaomo Xiong, collector
- [The “Newport” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/newport-reverso): 2000s · Engraved horse’s head · made for Mrs. Mazeaud, France
- [The Nathalie Decoster Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/nathalie-decoster-reverso): 2000s · Engraved message and artist’s emblem · made for A gift for her seven-year-old son
- [The “Barbearia Corleone” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/barbearia-corleone-reverso): 2010s · Engraved emblem · made for Bruno Van Enck, São Paulo
- [The “Pavonia” Reverso](https://myreversostory.com/pieces-uniques/pavonia-reverso): 2009 · Miniature enamel painting · made for A British art collector

## Series
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel “Xu Beihong”](https://myreversostory.com/series/xu-beihong): 2025, 3 pieces. Three ink horses, each translated from a square metre of paper to two square centimetres of enamel.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel — Alfons Mucha](https://myreversostory.com/series/alfons-mucha): 2018, 3 pieces. Three of the four panels from Mucha’s “The Seasons” (1896), each framed in hand-engraved gold.
- [Reverso 101 “Les Folies”](https://myreversostory.com/series/reverso-101-les-folies): c.1990–early 2000s, 10 pieces. Time made small enough to become jewellery, and jewellery built to keep time.
- [Reverso Montre de Poche “Pierres Précieuses” — Alfons Mucha](https://myreversostory.com/series/mucha-precious-stones): 1999–2000, 4 pieces. Four gemstone women from 1900, and the one time this whole enamel programme left the wrist entirely.
- [Reverso “Étoile du Matin et Clair de Lune” — Alfons Mucha](https://myreversostory.com/series/mucha-etoile-clairdelune): 1996, 2 pieces. Morning star and moonlight, both sides of the case enamelled — and, by the enameller’s own account, where his Reverso work began.
- [Reverso “Aurore et Crépuscule” — Alfons Mucha, 1999](https://myreversostory.com/series/mucha-aurore-crepuscule): 1999, 2 pieces. Dawn and dusk, painted in 1899, put back on the wrist for the turn of the following century.
- [Reverso “Four Seasons” — Alfons Mucha, 1996](https://myreversostory.com/series/mucha-four-seasons-1996): 1996, 4 pieces. The set that started it all: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s first enamelled Reverso, and the only Reversos ever made with true enamel dials.
- [Reverso “Émail Friedrich” — Caspar David Friedrich](https://myreversostory.com/series/caspar-david-friedrich): 2002, 2 pieces. An 8-day movement, two Romantic seascapes, and a technique Jaeger-LeCoultre had never used before.
- [Reverso / Arte Portuguesa](https://myreversostory.com/series/arte-portuguesa): 2000–2012, 5 pieces. Five Portuguese artists, twelve years, one watch each turned into a private commission.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel — Ferdinand Hodler](https://myreversostory.com/series/hodler-tribute): 2018, 3 pieces. Three Swiss lake landscapes, for the 100th anniversary of the painter’s death.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel — Famous Artists](https://myreversostory.com/series/famous-artists): 2018, 3 pieces. The trio that started it all — three painting techniques, none of them ever attempted in enamel miniature at Jaeger-LeCoultre before.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel — Chinese Zodiac](https://myreversostory.com/series/chinese-zodiac): 2022–, 4 pieces. A different animal each Lunar New Year, engraved into a background it was enamelled onto first.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel “Hidden Treasures”](https://myreversostory.com/series/hidden-treasures): 2021, 3 pieces. Three paintings that were all lost and found again.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel — Hokusai](https://myreversostory.com/series/hokusai): 2018 – 2026, 9 pieces. An eight-year cycle: every waterfall Hokusai ever printed.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel “Venice Series” — Monet](https://myreversostory.com/series/monet-venice): 2024, 3 pieces. Three Monets, each shrunk from a metre wide to 25 × 20 mm.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel “Turner Series”](https://myreversostory.com/series/turner-venice): 2025, 4 pieces. Venice again — but fifty years earlier, and through English eyes.
- [Reverso Tribute Enamel “Shahnameh”](https://myreversostory.com/series/shahnameh): 2025, 4 pieces. The Persian Book of Kings, in four miniatures.
- [Reverso One “Precious Flowers”](https://myreversostory.com/series/precious-flowers): 2021 – 2024, 8 pieces. Three rare crafts at once, on a case-back the size of a stamp.
- [Reverso One “Precious Colours”](https://myreversostory.com/series/precious-colours): 2025, 3 pieces. The colour-led companion to Precious Flowers.
- [Reverso One Cordonnet Jewellery](https://myreversostory.com/series/cordonnet-jewellery): 2013–2021, 2 pieces. The 1930s cord strap, remade in gold and diamonds.
- [Reverso One “La Vallée des Merveilles”](https://myreversostory.com/series/vallee-merveilles): 2026, 3 pieces. A new nature series — first stop, Hawaii and Japan.
- [Reverso Secret Necklace](https://myreversostory.com/series/secret-necklace): 1990s–2023, 5 pieces. The Reverso taken off the wrist entirely — twice over, decades apart.
- [Jaeger-LeCoultre × MR PORTER — City Editions](https://myreversostory.com/series/mrporter-cities): 2021 & 2023, 8 pieces. Eight cities, eight engraved skylines — sold only through MR PORTER.
- [The Collectibles — Reverso Across Every Capsule](https://myreversostory.com/series/collectibles-capsule): 2023–, 22 pieces. Every Reverso the maison has quietly resurfaced through its own certified pre-owned programme.
- [Reverso à Éclipses](https://myreversostory.com/series/reverso-a-eclipse): 2006–, 24 pieces. The one Reverso family that put the art on the dial instead of the case-back — hidden behind a shutter, so you decide when to look.

## Reference
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- [Limited editions](https://myreversostory.com/limited-editions): 117 editions with references, runs, calibres, materials and markets
- [Stories](https://myreversostory.com/stories): collector stories, pièces uniques, artistic and commemorative editions in one place
- [Collectors](https://myreversostory.com/collectors): everyone whose Reverso is in the archive

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