Description
Dutch brand Lebois & Co has formalised a new Atelier series — a sub-collection dedicated to collaborations with industry-leading specialists — and launched it with two dial-driven watches: the Heritage Atelier Small Seconds Clous de Paris (ref. 641.548) and the Heritage Atelier Small Seconds Stroopwafel® (ref. 641.550). Both were created with independent Swiss dial maker GT Cadrans, share the brand's 37.8mm Heritage Small Seconds steel case with a COSC-certified movement, and are priced at EUR 5,500.
Neither is a numbered limited edition; instead, Lebois & Co sells them in time-boxed production runs, the first running from 27 July to 9 August 2026. Buyers receive an Atelier Discovery Set, and collectors who pre-register before 27 July get an additional inauguration gift — a souscription-flavoured model the brand has used successfully before.
Design
The Clous de Paris version carries a hobnail guilloché field of tiny light-scattering pyramids, executed by GT Cadrans through precision CNC diamond cutting and finished with a galvanic bath in a 24-carat gold solution for a warm rose-gold tone. Silver-toned Breguet-style Arabic numerals and a contrasting small seconds register at 6 o'clock complete the classical look. The Stroopwafel® version is pure Dutch identity: a laser-engraved recreation of the country's beloved caramel waffle, sandblasted to a golden-brown finish with the same galvanic 24k treatment in a darker caramel tone. Both sit in a brushed-and-polished 37.8mm steel case, 10.5mm thick, water resistant to 50m.
Specifications
- References: 641.548 (Clous de Paris) / 641.550 (Stroopwafel®)
- Case diameter: 37.8mm
- Case thickness: 10.5mm
- Case material: stainless steel, brushed and polished
- Water resistance: 50m (5 bar)
- Dial: Clous de Paris diamond-cut guilloché with 24k rose-gold galvanic finish, or laser-engraved Stroopwafel® pattern with sandblasted caramel finish — both by GT Cadrans
- Movement: calibre LC-350, automatic, COSC-certified chronometer (base Sellita SW360-1)
- Complications: small seconds
- Frequency: 28,800vph (4Hz)
- Power reserve: 56 hours
- Availability: production run 27 July – 9 August 2026, not limited in number
- Price: EUR 5,500 (approx. GBP 4,765)
What's Exciting
Guilloché-grade dial work is usually the preserve of five-figure maisons; here, GT Cadrans — the kind of supplier that normally works behind the scenes for far bigger names — gets named billing on a EUR 5,500 watch, and the COSC-certified LC-350 keeps the mechanical story honest. The Stroopwafel® dial is also that rare thing in a conservative industry: a genuinely original, culturally-rooted idea. The Netherlands has precious few watch brands, and turning the national snack into a laser-engraved, gold-galvanised dial is both playful and technically serious. The timed production-run model, borrowed from the brand's souscription heritage, adds urgency without artificial scarcity.
History
Lebois & Co was founded in 1934 by Raymond Meyer and revived in the 2010s through one of watchmaking's first equity-crowdfunded souscription projects, re-establishing itself with classical, heritage-inspired watches like the Avantgarde and Heritage chronographs. The Atelier concept — a higher-craft series alongside standard collections, as Vacheron Constantin did with Métiers d'Art in 2005 and Timex and Christopher Ward have recently adopted — has now been formalised as its own pillar of the range. The brand used the Atelier name on previous one-offs, including the Heritage Chronograph Atelier Coquille d'œuf with its Grand Feu enamel dial; the GT Cadrans pair is the first release under the structured series.
Sources
- Monochrome Watches — Introducing: The Lebois & Co Heritage Atelier with Clous de Paris and Stroopwafel Dials
- Oracle Time — Lebois & Co. Launch Atelier Series with Heritage Small Seconds Clous de Paris and Stroopwafel®
- Fratello — Hands-On With The Lebois & Co Heritage Atelier Small Seconds
- Lebois & Co — L'Atelier Lebois
