{"id":179254,"date":"2026-05-13T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lionel-meylan.ch\/actualite\/25-years-of-the-lionel-meylan-boutique\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:45:23","slug":"25-years-of-the-lionel-meylan-boutique","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/lionel-meylan.ch\/en\/actualite\/25-years-of-the-lionel-meylan-boutique\/","title":{"rendered":"25 years of the Lionel Meylan boutique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"drop-cap\">&#8220;A business in a small town like Vevey that rivals those of the world&#8217;s biggest metropolises &#8211; that doesn&#8217;t exist anywhere else! Half amused, half surprised, when he looks back over the last quarter century, Lionel Meylan finds only one explanation for such success. &#8220;We are watchmakers first and foremost. We know how to advise and explain any movement, no matter how complicated. It&#8217;s our in-depth knowledge of the trade that has enabled us to represent prestigious watch and jewelry brands with confidence.&#8221; This is undoubtedly the key to the Meylan family&#8217;s originality. The richness of their approach is what sets them apart.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Watchmaker by training, by heart, by family tradition.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen he decided to open his first boutique on Place du March\u00e9 4, Lionel, whose original trade was repairing antique clocks, felt that the watchmaker&#8217;s place was not in the back room, out of sight. He should be in the foreground, fully anchored in the d\u00e9cor. It&#8217;s a manifesto, a demand. It reflects the man&#8217;s attachment to his workbench and his passion for mechanical expertise. It also reflects the continuity of the family history.    <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61743\" src=\"https:\/\/lionel-meylan.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lionel-meylan-vevey-place-du-marche-horloger..jpg\" alt=\"Lionel-Meylan-Vevey-place-du-marche-horloger\" width=\"588\" height=\"897\"><br \/>\n<em>The watchmaker&#8217;s workshop in the foreground of the boutique<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lionel&#8217;s grandfather, Richard Meylan, owned a watchmaking store in Le Brassus. His great-uncle, Gabriel, was also a watchmaker, specializing in minute repeater movements at Jaeger-LeCoultre in the 1920s. On his mother&#8217;s side, the family runs the Golay-Buchel gemstone trading company. Strong and enduring links with watchmaking and jewelry are reflected in the collections offered in Lionel Meylan&#8217;s boutiques. At his side, Lionel&#8217;s sons Julien and Yannick continue the family tradition. &#8220;We complement each other beautifully,&#8221; he emphasizes.     <\/p>\n<p class=\"small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61744\" src=\"https:\/\/lionel-meylan.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/richard_meylan-lionel-meylan-vevey.-1.jpg\" alt=\"Richard_Meylan-Lionel-Meylan-Vevey\" width=\"624\" height=\"624\"><br \/>\n<em>Richard Meylan, Lionel&#8217;s grandfather, was a renowned watchmaker in La all\u00e9e de Joux who became Jaeger-Lecoultre&#8217;s official retailer the year the famous Reverso was launched. That was in 1931. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watchmaker by profession for Julien, watchmaker at heart for Yannick, each in his own way follows in his father&#8217;s footsteps. They pass on a certain vision of watchmaking, its values and, above all, a rare knowledge of its history, crafts and techniques. What do they have in common? 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