Environmentally friendly packaging
Many conventional watch brands reflect their brand attributes in their packaging, which is usually intended to convey luxury. To reflect this luxury, they often produce ostentatious packaging that would be indispensable without synthetic materials, plastic, leather, or wood. However, we believe that our watches don't need ostentatious packaging to underscore their elegance. Just like our Leroux Blanc watches, our packaging also impresses with minimalism, elegance, and down-to-earthness.
All our watches are packaged with recyclable materials. We have consciously decided to avoid plastic. It is extremely important to us that the watches are adequately protected during transport and can be shipped efficiently and cost-effectively without compromising your unpacking experience. The cost savings from our space-efficient packaging are reflected in the price. After all, you don't want to buy the packaging, you want to buy our watch.
Our packaging is made from cardboard in the greater Zurich area. If you don't want to keep the packaging because you prefer a minimalist lifestyle and don't want to store too many items at home, you can easily dispose of it in your regular cardboard recycling. The metal eyelets can be disposed of in your regular scrap metal recycling.
Taking care of the environment together with Leroux Blanc
Do you have a watch at home that you no longer like, that's been gathering dust somewhere for ages, or, worse, that doesn't work at all? A watch that no longer works has no value, no matter how beautiful it may be. And then you might be too lazy to get it repaired, the repair would be too expensive, or the joy of it is gone anyway.
For us at Leroux Blanc, the idea of a wristwatch being thrown away is far too sad. We believe every wristwatch deserves to be reused or properly disposed of when it has served its owner's purpose.
We ensure that your watch is properly disposed of in Switzerland and that the individual raw materials are recycled. In this way, we contribute to the environment, raise awareness about watch recycling, and dispose of your once-beloved watch with dignity.
If you send us your old watch by mail, we'll give you CHF 10* as a thank you for your commitment to the environment. We don't care what type of watch you send us or what condition it's in. After disassembling it into its individual parts, the individual materials such as steel, brass, glass, and plastic are sorted and disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner or used to repair other watches.
What you can do to ensure that your watch is properly recycled:
1. Pack the watch and label the package/letter with the sender's address
2. Enclose payment information (bank or Paypal) and email address
3. Take the package or letter to the post office
4. Send to the following address:
Swissshoparea GmbH
Dufourstrasse 81
CH-8008 Zurich
Switzerland
You'll receive an email from us once we've received your watch and processed payment. Your old watch will then be released for recycling.
*The CHF 10 environmental bonus applies per household and shipment. Shipments from all over the world are accepted.