Five-year international warranty and lifetime servicing at the Geneva atelier
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The watch the maison is built around: a 38 mm steel case 8.9 mm thin, polished on the bezel and brushed on the flanks, with a domed sapphire crystal and long faceted lugs that follow the wrist. Applied baton indices and dauphine hands are cut and polished in-house; the minute track is printed in a single pass so the line never breaks.
Inside is the hand-wound calibre VH-10, 2.9 mm thick with a 70-hour reserve from a single barrel. Turn it over and you see Côtes de Genève across the bridges, perlage on the plate, flame-blued screws and an anglage polished by hand - regulated in five positions to −2/+4 seconds a day.
Complimentary insured delivery, signed for on receipt, across Switzerland, the EU, the UK and the US - dispatched from the Geneva atelier within two business days in a numbered presentation box with the certificate of origin and chronometric test sheet. Thirty-day returns on unworn pieces with the seals intact.
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I logged the Lac 38 against an atomic reference for thirty days: plus eleven seconds in total, well inside the published −2/+4. Winding it each morning has become a ritual, and the 70 hours means a weekend off the wrist is no problem.
A VH-01 that had not run in twenty years. The atelier replaced the mainspring and two jewels, left the patinated dial exactly as it was, and sent photos of the movement before and after. Not cheap, but I would not trust it to anyone else.
Over a hundred dives on the Abysse 300 and the bezel still clicks cleanly through all 120 positions. The rubber strap channels really do stop it sticking. Lume fades faster than I would like after an hour in the dark, hence the only nitpick.
Jumping the local hour on landing without stopping the watch is exactly what I wanted. The bracelet micro-adjust is brilliant on long-haul flights. I would have liked a slightly thinner case, but it sits well under a cuff.
