Laventure builds numbered runs of 50 to 100 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, claims 100% Swiss-made components, and on 19 September 2026 every model on its site was sold out with the price removed. The two figures in the table, CHF 4,200 for the Marine Type 3 and CHF 3,350 for the 2021 Transatlantique GMT, come from Monochrome and Watch Affinity, not from the brand.
Checked 20 September 2026 · list prices on the maker's site that day unless marked street
Laventure is the designer Clément Gaud's brand, founded in Neuchâtel in 2017. Its history page says the watches are manufactured in La Chaux-de-Fonds 'only in very limited series' from 100% Swiss-made components, and the pattern of the business follows from that: a run of 50 to 100 numbered pieces is announced, sells out, and an email list opens for the next one. It sells direct only, from laventure.swiss, and ships worldwide. No warranty term was found on the pages read. The house signature is a Plexiglas superdome or 'chimney' crystal over a sandwich dial, on every model.
Three things the spec sheets settle. Every crystal is Plexiglas, not sapphire, and every thickness is quoted without it. Water resistance is 200 m on the steel line and 300 m on the titanium Marine Type 3. No model publishes a lug width, because the steel line ships on integrated bracelets. There are two cases: the steel line (Automobile Chronograph, Marine II, Sous-Marine II) at 40.5 mm and 48.8 mm lug-to-lug, and a smaller one at 46.2 mm lug-to-lug for the Transatlantique II GMT at 38.9 mm and the Marine Type 3 at 38 mm. The movements are house-numbered on supplier bases: Calibre I, a Chronode and Dubois Depraz modular chronograph; Caliber 2, a Chronode automatic; Caliber 3, a Sellita SW330-2 GMT with a COSC certificate; Caliber 4, a Sellita SW300-1 with a COSC certificate. The Marine II runs an unnumbered modified SW200-1 and the 2021 Transatlantique an ETA 2893-2.
Then the prices, which is the difficulty. The site removes the price from a product page when the run sells out, and on the check date everything had. So four rows in the table have no figure at all, and the two that do are third-party: Monochrome's CHF 4,200 excluding taxes for the Marine Type 3 from June 2025, and Watch Affinity's CHF 3,350 for the first Transatlantique from August 2021. The high-end ranking leaves Laventure off for exactly this reason. What a buyer can do is join the list for the next run and treat the last two known prices as the guide to what it will cost.
Founded2017
BasedNeuchâtel, Switzerland
AssembledManufactured in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 'only in very limited series'; brand claims 100% Swiss-made components (history page)
MovementsLaventure Caliber 4 (Sellita SW300-1 base), COSC (Marine Type 3), ETA 2893-2 automatic GMT (Transatlantique GMT, per Watch Affinity 2021)
SoldDirect only (laventure.swiss), worldwide shipping
Read the table by case rather than price, since most rows have none. The first three rows are the 40.5 mm steel line, chronograph, three-hander and diver, all 99 pieces and all sold out. The next is the Transatlantique II, the thin COSC GMT on the 46.2 mm case. The last two are the rows with figures: the 2021 Transatlantique, priced by Watch Affinity, and the titanium Marine Type 3, priced and measured by Monochrome. Every row is sold out; the entries say which pages disagree about it.
Case material316L stainless steel, polished and brushed
Price—
The chronograph, 99 pieces with a cream dial, sold out, and the page showed no price on 19 September 2026; no archive price was found either, so the row has no figure. Laventure Calibre I is a Chronode and Dubois Depraz modular automatic chronograph at 4 Hz with 60 hours, in a 40.5 mm steel case, 48.8 mm lug-to-lug, 12 mm thick without the Plexiglas superdome, 200 m, on an integrated steel bracelet with a 17 mm clasp. Against the Sous-Marine II on the same case it is 2.1 mm thicker, which is the module. Sinn's 903 St II is $4,310 on a La Joux-Perret L110 at 41 mm and 14.5 mm, and publishes a price.
MovementSellita SW200-1 base modified for Laventure, no date, automatic
Case40.5 mm
Lug to lug48.8 mm
Thickness10.2 mm
Lug width—
Water resistance200 m
CrystalPLEXIGLAS superdome
Case material316L stainless steel, polished and brushed
Price—
The three-hander on the steel case, 99 pieces, sold out, no price shown and none found: a Sellita SW200-1 base modified for Laventure with no date, 40.5 mm, 48.8 mm lug-to-lug, 10.2 mm thick without the crystal, 200 m, Plexiglas superdome, integrated bracelet, and in the Steel/Gold reference a dial of solid 18K gold. It is the plainest calibre in the range and the one the brand does not number. On the sheet it is the Sous-Marine II without the bezel and 0.3 mm thicker. Monta's Triumph is $1,850 at 40 mm, 47.8 mm and 10.5 mm with 200 m on a Sellita SW300 base; it publishes a price and a lug width, and it is sapphire.
Case material316L stainless steel, polished and satin
Price—
The diver on the steel case, and the thinnest 200 m watch in the range at 9.9 mm without the crystal: Laventure Caliber 2, a Chronode automatic at 4 Hz with 60 hours, behind a sapphire display back and under a Plexiglas superdome, 40.5 mm, 48.8 mm lug-to-lug, a 120-click unidirectional bezel, 99 pieces in Steel/Cream. No price on the page and none recovered. Against the Marine Type 3 it is steel not titanium, 200 m not 300, 2.5 mm larger and 1.3 mm thinner. Formex's Reef 39.5 is $2,085 on a COSC Sellita SW300-1 at 11 mm with 300 m; Monta's Oceanking is $2,550 at 12 mm. The Laventure is thinner than both, and unpriced.
Case material316L stainless steel, polished and satin
Price—
The second-series GMT, and the thinnest Laventure at 8.9 mm without the crystal: Laventure Caliber 3 on a Sellita SW330-2 base, COSC-certified, 38.9 mm, 46.2 mm lug-to-lug, 200 m, with a bidirectional bezel carrying a 24-hour Plexiglas insert. The collection page listed Steel/Black as 'limited production' and its product page said sold out; the two brown references were sold out on both, and no page showed a price. The SW330-2 is a caller GMT: the 24-hour hand sets independently, the local hour does not jump. Serica's 8315-1 is $2,450 on a COSC Soprod C125 at 39 mm and 12.3 mm; Monta's Atlas is $2,150 at 38.5 mm and 10.7 mm. The Laventure is 1.8 to 3.4 mm thinner than either.
PriceCHF 3,350 on the maker's site (no US price shown)
The historical row: the first Transatlantique, 50 per reference in green and white, sold out on the brand site, with its price and specs from Watch Affinity's August 2021 piece rather than from the maker. CHF 3,350 then, on an ETA 2893-2 automatic GMT with 42 hours, 40.5 mm, 200 m, Plexiglas superdome, a fixed bezel with lumed numerals, integrated bracelet. Lug-to-lug and thickness were not recorded. Against the Transatlantique II it is 1.6 mm larger, on an ETA rather than a certified Sellita, with a fixed bezel rather than a bidirectional one. It stays in the table because that 2021 figure is the only Transatlantique price anyone has published, and it is 5 years old.
LumeSuper-LumiNova; two-layer amagnetic sandwich dial with soft-iron plate
Case materialGrade 23 titanium, stonewashed
PriceCHF 4,200 on the maker's site (no US price shown)
The current flagship, and the one figure closest to a maker's price: CHF 4,200 excluding taxes per Monochrome on 25 June 2025, and the dimensions too, since the brand's page has no specs. 100 pieces for 2026, sold out. Laventure Caliber 4 is a Sellita SW300-1 base with a COSC certificate, in a stonewashed grade 23 titanium case, 38 mm, 46.2 mm lug-to-lug, 11.2 mm thick with the chimney Plexiglas and 8.9 mm without, 300 m, an amagnetic sandwich dial over a soft-iron plate. Tudor's Pelagos 39 is $5,625 in titanium at 11.8 mm with 200 m; Formex's Reef 39.5 is $2,085 on the same SW300-1 with the same certificate. The Laventure is the smallest of the three.
Laventure is for the buyer who wants a Swiss-made explorer watch from a run of 50 to 100, with a Plexiglas dome and a sandwich dial, and who will join an email list and wait for the next run rather than buy this month. The 38 to 38.9 mm cases at 46.2 mm lug-to-lug suit a 6.5 inch wrist; the steel line at 40.5 mm and 48.8 mm wants 7 inches or more. Look elsewhere if you want a watch now, since Serica, Formex and Monta publish a price and hold stock; if you want sapphire, since every Laventure crystal is Plexiglas; or if you want a lug width, a warranty term and a price on the page before you commit, since the brand publishes none of the three while a run is sold out.
Where it sits against the field
Because the maker shows no price, the comparisons are on the sheet. The Marine Type 3 at Monochrome's CHF 4,200 is a 38 mm titanium COSC diver at 8.9 mm without its crystal, against Tudor's Pelagos 39 at $5,625 and 11.8 mm, Sinn's U50 at $3,440 and 11.2 mm, and Formex's Reef 39.5 at $2,085 and 11 mm on the same Sellita SW300-1 with the same certificate. The Transatlantique II at 8.9 mm is thinner than every GMT in this data with a published thickness under $3,000, including Christopher Ward's C63 Sealander GMT at $1,395 and 11.3 mm, Monta's Atlas at $2,150 and 10.7 mm and Serica's 8315-1 at $2,450 and 12.3 mm. The Automobile Chronograph at 12 mm meets Sinn's 903 at $4,310 and 14.5 mm and Hamilton's Intra-Matic at $2,645 and 14.45 mm. On thickness Laventure wins every comparison; on the price it declines to enter.
Questions people ask
Where are Laventure watches made?
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The brand's history page says the watches are manufactured there 'only in very limited series' from 100% Swiss-made components, and the company is based in Neuchâtel. The calibres are Laventure-numbered on Swiss bases: Chronode and Dubois Depraz for the chronograph, Chronode for the Sous-Marine II, Sellita SW330-2 and SW300-1 with COSC certificates for the Transatlantique II and Marine Type 3.
How much does a Laventure watch cost?
The brand does not say while a model is sold out, and on 19 September 2026 every model was. The last published figures are third-party: CHF 4,200 excluding taxes for the Marine Type 3 per Monochrome in June 2025, and CHF 3,350 for the first-series Transatlantique GMT per Watch Affinity in August 2021. The Automobile Chronograph, Marine II, Sous-Marine II and Transatlantique II show no price on any page read.
What is the difference between the Laventure Marine Type 3 and the Sous-Marine II?
Metal, size and rating. The Marine Type 3 is grade 23 titanium, 38 mm, 46.2 mm lug-to-lug, 8.9 mm without its crystal, 300 m, on a COSC Sellita SW300-1 base, 100 pieces for 2026. The Sous-Marine II is 316L steel, 40.5 mm, 48.8 mm lug-to-lug, 9.9 mm without its crystal, 200 m, on a Chronode automatic with a 120-click bezel, 99 pieces. Both are sold out; only the Type 3 has a known price.
