There’s (yet) another Reverso in town: a larger Tribute Duoface in a run of just 100 pieces
By Chris Hall

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is one of the few genuinely recognisable watches: a design that hasn’t deviated in its basic premise for 80 years – although it has proliferated to accommodate a baffling range of sizes, styles and functions. Now there’s another one to put in your Filofax: a boutique-only 100-piece run of the Reverso Tribute Duoface, and as the headline says, it comes with a nice new strip of cordovan leather attached.
Except this isn’t just a pair of new shoes for an existing watch. Jaeger-LeCoultre has (for reasons best known to themselves), increased the case size for this special edition, up to 49.4mm by 29.9mm. The standard Reverso Tribute Duoface is 42.9mm by 25.5mm; purely from a production point of view there is an amazing variety in Reverso case sizes – whoever runs their casemaking CNC machines has to be paying attention, thats for sure. No two “big” Reversos are the same size; the Calendar, the Classic Large, the Tribute Duoface – all slightly different. 
This new Casa Fagliano edition (the name refers to the Argentinian bootmakers who have provided the two-tone brown leather strap, and serves to remind us that once upon a time people possibly wore these watches while playing polo) is also quite a bit thicker than the standard Tribute Duoface with which it shares a movement – ...