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March LA.B

March LA.B unites Biarritz soul and Californian ease, crafting watches of seventies inspired elegance with Swiss precision and French savoir faire.

2009
Since 2009

Measured in time.

Founded by Alain Marhic and Joseph Chatel, with creative director Jérôme Mage.

Lifelong friends Alain Marhic and Joseph Chatel founded March LA.B in 2009, joined by eyewear creator Jérôme Mage as creative director.
The Story

Chapters of March LA.B

I

The LA.B in the name joins Los Angeles and Biarritz, the two cities where the founding partners lived.

II

After two years of development, the first watches arrived in 2011, named AM1, JC1 and JM1 after the founders' initials.

III

From 2013 assembly and bracelet making moved to Franche Comté, rooting the house firmly in French watchmaking craft.

IV

Swiss La Joux Perret movements are assembled in Besançon, uniting Swiss precision with a distinctly French signature.

The Signature

The AM2

The angular AM2 is drawn facet by facet as the Atlantic swell rises across its dial.

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Biarritz, France
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