Thriving under the bright lights The Reverso is like a sexy and expensive magic trick. I could have boasted to my coworkers about the new Reverso Tribute’s Calibre 860 movement—visible on one side of the watch with a skeletonized dial, featuring intricate Côtes de Genève finishing—or the sharp design on the reverse side with a laser-engraved horizontal bar. But the Reverso doesn’t require any technical knowledge to induce awe. The watch is a crowd-pleaser at heart: This is the original reversible watch we’re talking about! The small herd of editors marveled as I flipped it back and forth, satisfyingly clicking it back into place. It’s a simple, primitive pleasure, no doubt, but one we shouldn’t take for granted: How many watches give you two faces for the price of one? With super-complicated haute horologie on one side and a more classic-looking dial on the other, my Reverso took full advantage of its duality. I always imagined that if I ever owned a Reverso, I’d spend most of the time with it flipped to the plainer …