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Lac Petite Seconde 36 by Valmont Horlogerie

Lac Petite Seconde 36

Small seconds, hand-wound

A 36 mm reading of the Lac with a recessed small-seconds sub-dial at six o’clock and a railway minute track. The case is 8.6 mm thin with a stepped bezel, and the opaline dial is grained by hand before the indices are applied one at a time.

The calibre VH-11 adds an indirect seconds train to the VH-10, keeping the 70-hour reserve and the same five-position regulation. It is our most-requested watch for smaller wrists and the one most often bought as a gift for a fiftieth birthday.

DialSilvered opaline
StrapTan calfskin
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  • 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.
Details & materials
Calibre
VH-11 manual winding with small seconds, 3.1 mm, 21,600 vph
Power reserve
70 hours, single barrel
Water resistance
50 m / 5 bar
Case
36 mm × 8.6 mm, 316L steel, stepped bezel
Crystal & caseback
Box sapphire, anti-reflective inside; sapphire caseback
Strap
Calfskin, 18 mm, steel pin buckle; quick-release
Shipping & returns

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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Specifications

Calibre
VH-11 manual winding with small seconds, 3.1 mm, 21,600 vph
Power reserve
70 hours, single barrel
Water resistance
50 m / 5 bar
Case
36 mm × 8.6 mm, 316L steel, stepped bezel
Crystal & caseback
Box sapphire, anti-reflective inside; sapphire caseback
Strap
Calfskin, 18 mm, steel pin buckle; quick-release

Reviews

Rated 4.8 out of 54.8 · 96 reviews
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    Eleven seconds in a month

    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.

    Henrik A.Helsinki, FinlandVerified purchase
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    They serviced my father’s 1974 piece

    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.

    Clara W.Munich, GermanyVerified purchase
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5

    An honest tool watch

    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.

    Rafael I.Denpasar, IndonesiaVerified purchase
  • Rated 4.0 out of 5

    GMT done properly

    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.

    Amara O.London, United KingdomVerified purchase