CLAUDE MEYLAN
In the depths of the Swiss Jura and more precisely in L’Abbaye, a typical village in the luxury watch making Valley (the “Vallée de Joux”) where great winters gave birth to great ideas and achievements in time keeping, the family company Claude Meylan maintains proudly the watch making know-how inherited from their ancestors.
Meylan is one of the great names which stamped the expansion of watchmaking : In the mid-18th century, Samuel Olivier Meylan from the Chenit District and Abraham-Samuel Meylan were initiated into the mystery of this art in Rolle and Fleurier. Once they were back home, both began to benefit from their acquired knowledge : Samuel-Olivier Meylan manufactured the first pocket watch fitted with a disc-musical mechanism and then, the
passion for movements became a family tradition.
Claude Meylan grew further the inherited talents and imposed a new interpretation of time by “stripping” and decorating each and every possible elements of the movement. The “Squelette” art is pushed towards new horizons. Claude Meylan enjoys presenting new shapes and harmonies on bridges, wheels, and gear trains to express a new vision of time while establishing a new art of sculpted pieces.
The sharp and efficient Claude Meylan team is a family company with deep and sound values. Successive generations with the same motivation : their passion for movements, watch making and overall for ultimate details. Always in search of vintage and historical pieces, Claude Meylan offers an outstanding range of traditional and reliable movements.
Entering our world, you will discover a varied and extensive collection marked by Claude Meylan, Vallée de Joux. Each model is dedicated to “true” time keeping. With a classic yet contemporary style, color and shape are combined in great harmony to ensure charm and elegance.
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LAC Collection
Lake Joux is an integral part of our lives. It has been here for millennia and contributes to the beauty of our valley. From its presence emanate an infinite serenity and an endless range of colors and harmonies. It is also an extraordinary playground, sometimes blue and warm, sometimes white and frozen, where countless exciting activities take place.
TORTUE Collection
No, there are no turtles in our lake of Joux. However it is an iconic shape of watchmaking. Claude Meylan puts all its Savoir-Faire into a signature watch because its movement is inspired and evokes the very first banner of the Swiss Confederation. Sometimes sporty, sometimes elegant, the Turtle comes in different models.
LIONNE Collection
It runs from the top of our mount, howls and rages in front of our workshops before being let go to join the lake. LIionne is our river, and as its name indicates, it is at the same time a mother, a huntress and a capital element of the Claude Meylan family.
L'ABBAYE Collection
Since The Premontres affixed their prints, L’Abbaye du Lac de Joux is a typical and characteristic village of the Valley. Throughout its history, L’Abbaye became and remains one of the cradles of the high watch making industry. It is in its centre ; in a house of the heart of the village going back to 1684 that Claude Meylan is established.