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A travel watch for people who fly more than they would like: 40 mm in steel with a bidirectional 24-hour bezel, a champagne-tipped GMT hand for home time and a local hour hand that jumps in one-hour steps from the crown without stopping the seconds.
The calibre VH-40 is a true “flyer” GMT - the date follows local time forwards and backwards across the date line - with 65 hours of reserve. Water resistance is 100 m with a screw-down crown, which covers hotel pools and most of what else a trip asks of a watch.
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.
