Lionel Meylan

After fifty years in the business and with four family-owned stores, there can be no doubting that Lionel Meylan is serious about watches. The man or the brand? Both. It’s a passion he shares with his two sons, now at the head of the business which their father established in 1990 (appropriately enough on August 1st, Switzerland’s National Day). Despite their responsibilities, there’s never any talk of “Chief Executive” or “Managing Director”. It’s just Yannick, the eldest, and Julien, his younger brother. The Meylan story crosses time and generations.

Originating in Vallée de Joux, a region synonymous with the finest watchmaking, the Meylans live and breathe watches. Watchmaking isn’t Lionel Meylan’s job; it’s his vocation. A restorer of antique clocks, he had his sights set further, beyond his home town. The Meylans have their roots in the valley, mainly in Le Lieu and Le Chenit. As the centuries passed, a taste for adventure