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laughing_cavlier · Mar 5, 2016

This is a sort of WDYBT thread, but as the original purchase was back in Feb 2015 and it includes another watch and lots of me playing around with a new macro lens, I thought I would start a new thread.

Back in Feb 2015 I was perusing kickstarter and came across a new watch project, the LeBois & Co Aventgarde date, launched by Tom & Eveline. Was it fate? I don't know, but after some thought I signed up. You can see the original campaign here. https://www.kickstarter.com/project...atch-the-rebirth-of-an-80-year-ol/description

Powered by an ETA 2824-2 it was it's style which won me over and especially as I am a sucker for a red sweep seconds hand (as my Grandfather's 1940s Arlea has one too). While it was not a cheap thing to sign up to, I like supporting new artistic projects and also really love people who are passionate about what they do and Tom and Eveline certainly are that.

The finished watch which finally arrived last week after some delay (it was originally supposed to arrive in September last year) is a tour de force of well finished attention to detail. The dial really pings with the raised markers and the reeded railtrack. I'm not totally convinced by the Baton hands yet, but I think they will probably grow on me .

The other nice thing about signing up to a project like this was I got to choose the limited edition number on the back. I chose 41, which is special to me (no, not my age!).

After I had signed up for this project, I put in an e-bay search and a few months later, a 1938 LeBois & co Chronograph popped up, terrible pictures, but I had to have it! It turned out to be a peach. It is one of my favourite watches and is in almost pristine condition. Its wonderful period dial is to die for.

Two watches from the same brand 78 years apart are now reunited and as ever, I learnt plenty of new stuff along the way!

While my first love in watches will be vintage, there are some new watches that I really like too, this is one of them.