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28 September 2025

The Quirky Backstory Of The Favre Leuba Bivouac

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by @watches_and_culture

When it comes to climbing a summit of over 4,000 metres or jumping out of an aeroplane once a precise altitude has been reached, you need a precise and reliable measuring instrument.

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This is the challenge that Favre-Leuba has set itself with the creation of the Bivouac. The first wristwatch to offer information on altitude and atmospheric pressure.

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In 1964, the two mountaineers Walter Bonatti and Michel Vaucher decided to climb the previously untouched north face of Whymper Peak (4,208 m).

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On their wrists? Favre-Leuba’s Bivouac, a watch released 2 years earlier.

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It took a total of 4 days to complete this world-famous ascent, the story of which Europa Star recounted in an article entitled « 4 days with death in the Mt Blanc massif » in 1965. There is no doubt this watch was a good ally for them.