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Fratello Watches excited about Virage ‘Fuel Tank’

Lonville met with Robert-Jan of Fratello Watches (one of the most read and respected watch publications in the world) over dinner at the award winning Pulitzer hotel in Amsterdam.  A daunting prospect given Robert-Jan is clearly a seasoned watch journalist/expert and this being one of Lonville’s first hand-on reviews. He is also known to tell it like [...]

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G24 on epic road trip – video

This summer we took G24 (number 18/24) onto a road trip in a classic Jaguar. The G24 timed us from the sizzeling hot lake of Lugano, passing lake Como, via Chiavenna, across the cool alps, up the maloya pass all the way to chique St Moritz. It took 2 espresso's, 1 litre of water, a tank of fuel, race gloves, a [...]

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Lonville at Kempinski Geneve 16-17 January during SIHH

Lonville will display the collection at the Kempinski Hotel in Geneve on 16 and 17 January, during the week of SIHH. We look forward to meeting you and explaining the why and how of our time pieces. The Virage collection of 4 watches will be on display as well as a G24 Please connect via [...]

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Lonville at Aston Martin Works, Newport Pagnell

Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell hosted 40 Lonville owners and friends for a magical tour and apero at this historic site. Lonville’s intimate relationship with the world of classic cars is not a secret. So we were rather stirred (not shaken) when Aston Martin, one of the world’s most iconic automotive brands, announced it [...]

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UK launch party at Mark’s Club in Mayfair

Mark’s Club in mayfair provided the perfect backdrop for nearly 60 watch enthusiasts, journalists, an occasional petrol head and car designer to witness the official launch of Lonville in the UK. Exceptional finish levels, blue details and micro-rotor were applauded. The Lonville team moved the entire collection to the UK for the event. This included all [...]

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The 6th Lonville Classic did it again!

Great people, classic cars, the glowing hills of Piemonte, fabulous chefs, incredible wine, delicate truffles and plenty of sun once again provided that magic cocktail called The Lonville Classic. And yes, there were some amazing watches present too. Roger & Chrisitan in the DB6 For most of the 36 participants of 10 nationalities the story [...]

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Lonville, a hidden gem

Watch Paper’s Adam Sofineti spend some time with Lonville and came away with his finding that Lonville is a hidden gem! We love the ‘gem’ part, and we don’t mind to be a little bit less hidden as time goes by…but not too much either, so we keep things special for Lonville owners! You can […]

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Micro Rotor magic

Virage is powered by the gorgeous LV1 (Lonville 1) micro rotor magic movement that exists in a manual two-barrel version, and in this spectacular micro-rotor execution. What makes a micro rotor magic movement so special, in our view, is the fact that the rotor sits within the movement and not above the movement. This construction [...]

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You don’t really need a GMT, do you…?

Here's a quick snap of Virage GMT right after assembly. We have created an additional sub-dial in the centre to read he second time zone. It harks back at some of the historic lonville dials, whilst adding a distinctively modern, even sportive, twist. Manual wound, 80hrs power reserve, power reserve indicator, each movement individually COSC [...]

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Virage ‘fuel tank’ in action during Lonville Classic

It is just one of those things…we were debating do try a kind of bronze colored dial for the ‘fuel tank’ version of Virage. And to contrast it we created a dark grey outer ring (under the 5 mins markers) and then went for the less obvious brown strap…and bang:  this turned out to be [...]

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Virage Manual Movement

Virage is either powered by a manual wound double barrel movemen, or an automatic micro-rotor movement. This is a picture of the manual movement, it has 230 components and is designed and constructured in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Each individual movement is certified by COSC (the independent swiss cronometer institute – a benchmark for accuracy and quality) [...]

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Here we go…Virage is alive!

It took us nearly 7 years to get to this point...the watch industry is not all that kind to new comments wearing pink shades! But following various prototypes and a constant refinement we are immensely proud that Virage is now ready....the 50 year silence of Lonville is now truly broken. Gentlemen, start your engines!

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LV2 movement for G24 confirmed

The G24 is a very special and unique watch, so we decided to base it on a completely different movement from Virage. The LV2 movement is both beautiful and robust….the ideal base for a watch that has its spiritual place of birth in Le Mans! Lonville LV2 movement - 120 hour power reserve, retrograde date, [...]

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Matt Humphries designs G24

Some things happen for a reason. We have always been impressed by the Morgan Aeromax. It’s gorgeous, it’s a little bid mad, and pretty much irresistible. So when we found out that one of our 2010 Lonville Classic participants was actually the father of Aeromax designer Matthew Humphries, we did not hesitate. A simple question [...]

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Lonville wins Le Mans on the wrist of Gabriele Gardel

Last week-end at Le Mans was a truly unique experience. We had the honour of being close to Gabriele Gardel the full week-end, and see him and the entire Larbre Competion team and drivers battle fiercely to bring home the victory of the 2011 GTEam class. Gabriele on Stage with Trophy and Lonville G24 prototype [...]

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Since 1873…

The Lonville Watch Company The Lonville Watch Company works on a project-by-project basis with a group of industry specialist to give watch enthusiasts access to remarkable quality standards, unique components and understated exclusivity long lost in today’s mass production society, at a price level that can not be matched by large marketing inflated rivals – let’s say a [...]

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