Cuervo y Sobrinos Lonsdale Limited Edition

Cuervo y Sobrinos Lonsdale limited edition complete with box and papers. Th original retail price is £2620, with spare CYS alligator strap and clasp £250, total retail is £2900. It was purchased in November 2023. Limited edition only 82 pieces in this colour. The cigar-inspired, retro-styled, limited-edition watch produced and designed with the international watch collectors club CronotempVs Collectors, online watch magazine Watchonista, and its luxury lifestyle sub-platform The Lounge and acclaimed watch designer Eric Giroud as part of his personal design side project, Somewhere.

Born out of a shared passion for the worlds of watchmaking and premium cigars, the Lonsdale watch and its presentation case are the brainchildren of two seasoned cigar smokers: Scaramanga (CronotempVs Collectors) and Marco Gabella (Watchonista). These two watch collectors were savoring a couple of Cuban vitolas when they came up with an idea to merge the two worlds that brought them together in a unique manner: collaborating with a watch brand to create a timepiece that took cues from the realm of fine cigars. Two years later, the Lonsdale is born. Made by Cuervo y Sobrinos, the Lonsdale is an understated time-only watch oozing vintage appeal thanks to its old-school design, inspired by classic Cuervo y Sobrinos references spawned during Havana’s mid-20th century heyday. The Lonsdale comprises three 82-piece, small-batch limited editions, each named after shades of traditional cigar wrapper leaves: Candela, with a silvered and green dial; Claro, with a champagne dial; and Oscuro, with a brown dial. “Uno de 82” is engraved on each caseback. The Lonsdale is delivered in a versatile presentation case which, like a high-end cigar box, is crafted from Spanish cedar. On the outside, its leatherette cover features a gilded and embossed smoke swirl motif created by acclaimed watch designer Eric Giroud as part of his personal design side project, Somewhere.

Inside, a presentation tray houses the Lonsdale watch and three accessories fit for cigar lovers: a black cigar rest, a black and gilded cigar tube, and a NATO strap that resembles the silk ribbon used to bundle a wheel of quality cigars. Limited to 246 examples – 82 pieces for each of the three dials

Base Model: Lonsdale "Oscuro"
Caliber: CYS 5159 (base SW 261)
Functions: Hours, minutes and seconds
Power reserve: 38 hours
Case: Polished stainless steel
Case back Steel
Dial: Brown
Crown: non screwed, signed
Crystal Scratch resistant sapphire
Strap: leather strap with pin buckle
Spare Straps brown leather with deployant clasp, the clasp costing £250 alone. Also spare nato style
Dimensions: width 40 excluding crown, 43 mm including crown and pushers, lug to lug 50 mm, thickness 12 mm.