Longvadon came about with a trip to a small village in the south of France in February of 2018. With the Apple Watch gaining in popularity, all one could find was cheap knockoffs or the few bands offered by Apple and its partners. With one of the brothers; Sebastian leaving his corporate job to follow his passion of videography, and Robin having just sold a small watch brand he started a couple years earlier — the stars were aligned for the first croc-embossed leather bands with a design inspired by the swiss watch industry to be born.