Laventure is Clément Gaud's Neuchâtel brand, building Swiss-made explorer watches under Plexiglas domes in numbered runs of 50 to 100 that sell out, with an email list for the next. The decision it forces is whether to wait for a run without a price in front of you, since the brand removes it from every sold-out page and the last published figure, CHF 4,200 for the Marine Type 3, is Monochrome's rather than the maker's.
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, and its history page says the watches are manufactured in La Chaux-de-Fonds 'only in very limited series' from 100% Swiss-made components. 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, ships worldwide, and 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, so every crystal is Plexiglas rather than sapphire and every thickness is quoted without it. There are two cases. The steel line (Automobile Chronograph, Marine II, Sous-Marine II) is 40.5 mm and 48.8 mm lug to lug at 200 m, on integrated bracelets, which is why no model publishes a lug width; the smaller case is 46.2 mm lug to lug for the Transatlantique II GMT at 38.9 mm and the titanium Marine Type 3 at 38 mm and 300 m. The movements are house-numbered on supplier bases, Chronode, Dubois Depraz and Sellita, two of them with a COSC certificate.
At Monochrome's CHF 4,200 the Marine Type 3 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 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 Monta's Atlas at $2,150 and 10.7 mm and Serica's 8315-1 at $2,450 and 12.3 mm, both of which publish a price and hold stock. Laventure is the thinnest in each comparison and the only one without a figure.
The site removes the price from a product page when the run sells out, and on 19 September 2026 everything had. So four models 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 models have none. The first three 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 carry figures, the 2021 Transatlantique, priced by Watch Affinity, and the titanium Marine Type 3, priced and measured by Monochrome. Every model is sold out; the notes under each 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 unpriced; the page showed no figure on 19 September 2026 and no archive price was found. Laventure Calibre I is a Chronode and Dubois Depraz modular automatic chronograph at 4 Hz with 60 hours, and it adds 2.1 mm over the Sous-Marine II on the same 40.5 mm case, 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, 2.5 mm thicker, and it 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. It runs the plainest calibre in the range, a Sellita SW200-1 base modified for Laventure with no date and the one the brand does not number, and in the Steel/Gold reference the dial is solid 18K gold. 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, on Laventure Caliber 2, a Chronode automatic behind a sapphire display back, with a 120-click unidirectional bezel; 99 pieces in Steel/Cream, no price shown and none recovered. Against the Marine Type 3 it is steel rather than titanium, 200 m rather than 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; 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, 8.9 mm without the crystal, on Laventure Caliber 3, a COSC-certified Sellita SW330-2 under a bidirectional bezel with a 24-hour Plexiglas insert. It is a caller GMT, the 24-hour hand setting independently. Steel/Black was 'limited production' on the collection page and sold out on its own; the brown references were sold out on both, and no page showed a price. Serica's 8315-1 is $2,450 on a COSC Soprod C125 at 12.3 mm; Monta's Atlas is $2,150 at 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 model, the first Transatlantique, 50 per reference in green and white, sold out, priced and specified by Watch Affinity in August 2021 rather than by the maker. CHF 3,350 then, on an ETA 2893-2 automatic GMT with 42 hours and a fixed bezel of lumed numerals; 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, fixed bezel rather than bidirectional. It stays because that 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 figure closest to a maker's price, CHF 4,200 excluding taxes per Monochrome on 25 June 2025, which also supplied the dimensions. 100 pieces for 2026, sold out. Laventure Caliber 4 is a COSC Sellita SW300-1 base in grade 23 titanium, 38 mm at 46.2 mm lug to lug and 8.9 mm without the chimney Plexiglas, 300 m, amagnetic sandwich dial over a soft-iron plate. Tudor's Pelagos 39 is $5,625 at 11.8 mm and 200 m; Formex's Reef 39.5 is $2,085 on the same certified SW300-1. 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 undercuts the GMTs under $3,000 that publish a thickness, 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.
