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Lac 38 · Calibre VH-10

Seventy hours, wound by hand

A 38 mm steel dress watch, 8.9 mm thin, around a hand-wound calibre finished in Geneva - Côtes de Genève on the bridges, perlage on the plate, every bevel polished by hand. Regulated in five positions to −2/+4 seconds a day.

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Calibre
VH-10
Power reserve
70 hours
Water resistance
50 m
Case
38 mm
Valmont Lac 38 dress watch with a midnight sunburst dial

Sapphire casebackCôtes de Genève

The collection

Five families, one calibre house

Every reference is built around a movement we design, cut and finish in Geneva.

All collections
  1. IDressThin cases, hand-wound calibres03
  2. IIDiversISO 6425, ceramic bezels03
  3. IIIChronographsColumn wheels, vertical clutches02
  4. IVGMT & TravelSecond time zones, set in one-hour jumps03
  5. VStraps & BraceletsFitted free, for life03
  6. VILimited EditionsNumbered, rarely repeated03

Current references

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Exploded view of the Valmont calibre VH-30 micro-rotor movement

The Movement

Turn it over

Every Valmont is cased with a sapphire back, because the calibre is half the watch. Bridges are bevelled and polished by hand, plates carry perlage, screws are blued over a flame, and the balance is regulated in five positions before it leaves the bench. Nothing is decorated where you cannot see it - and nothing you can see is left undecorated.

Calibre sheetLac Ultra-Plat 39
Calibre
VH-30 automatic, platinum micro-rotor, 3.2 mm, 28,800 vph
Power reserve
72 hours
Water resistance
30 m / 3 bar
Case
39 mm × 7.8 mm, 316L steel, fully polished
Crystal & caseback
Flat sapphire, anti-reflective both sides; sapphire caseback
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Case sizes

Every diameter, to scale

Circles are drawn in proportion to one another. As a rule, a 38-39 mm case suits a wrist of 16-17 cm; 40-41 mm sits best above 17 cm.

Certificat de garantie

Five years on the wrist. A lifetime at the bench.

  1. I

    Five-year warranty

    International, transferable and registered to the serial number - parts, labour and return shipping included.

  2. II

    Serviced for life

    Every calibre since 1968 is serviced in Geneva, with original parts stocked or remade on our own lathes.

  3. III

    Insured delivery

    Signed-for, fully insured shipping to Switzerland, the EU, the UK and the US, with thirty-day returns.

Registered to the serial numberÉ. ValmontWarranty terms →

New arrivals

Recently cased

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A Valmont watchmaker regulating a balance wheel at the bench
Hand-stitched alligator strap with a steel pin buckle

Servicing

Five years, then a lifetime

Each watch carries a five-year international warranty from the date of purchase. After that, the Geneva atelier services every calibre we have ever made - including the 1968 VH-01 - with a full strip-down, new gaskets, a pressure test and twenty-one days of observation on the timing machine before it is returned.

  1. Strip-downEvery part cleaned
  2. Pressure testNew gaskets
  3. 21 daysOn the timing machine
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Geneva · Since 1968

A small maison that makes its own movements

Valmont was founded in 1968 by the watchmaker Émile Valmont in two rooms above a tobacconist on the Rue de la Corraterie. His first calibre, the hand-wound VH-01, was drawn, cut and finished on the same bench - and the bench is still in use.

Today thirty-four watchmakers, engravers and finishers work in our atelier in Plan-les-Ouates. We make fewer than 2,400 watches a year, every one with an in-house calibre, and we still sign each certificate by hand.

The maison
  • 1968First calibre, the VH-01
  • 7In-house calibres in production
  • < 2,400Watches made each year

From owners

Worn, timed, serviced

Rated 4.8 out of 54.8 from 1,167 owner reviews

I
“I timed my Lac 38 against an atomic clock for a month. It gained eleven seconds in thirty days. The caseback is the first thing I show anyone who asks about it.”
Henrik AaltoArchitect, Helsinki - owner since 2022
II
“My father’s 1974 Valmont went back to Geneva after decades in a drawer. It came home with a new mainspring, its original dial untouched, and a handwritten note from the watchmaker.”
Clara WeissmüllerSecond-generation owner, Munich
III
“The Abysse has been to 40 metres off Komodo more times than I can count. The bezel action still clicks like the day it arrived.”
Rafael IbáñezDive instructor, Bali

The Bulletin

Letters from the bench

Four letters a year: new calibres before they are announced, limited editions before they are listed, and the occasional note on how a hairspring is made. Nothing else.

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