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Vintage Love - Leonidas Triple Calendar Moon PhaseA little while ago we published this article about affordable vintage moon phase replica watches. There is no secrete that when I became writing that article, I merely acquired an existing moon phase watch myself and all sorts of material I gathered throughout the research process formed the backbone want to know ,. The acquired watch with moon phase complication needed a watchmaker badly, or as our contributor Gerard Nijenbrinks wisely said, a "very really good one" to be able to take it in her former glory.To begin with, I had to source a donor movement (amongst other things) so i were required to locate a watchmaker which was up to the task. Luckily, I discovered a watchmaker's website and after this short email correspondence I'd been able to hand her up to the people at 10ora10.hu. In short: they did a tremendous job resurrecting my watch and merely a few weeks ago they brought me back my Leonidas Triple Calendar Moon Phase. It is her story.LeonidasBefore we take look at this thing of beauty, a few words regarding the company itself. Leonidas (named following your Greek king of Sparta) was founded in 1841 by Julien Bourquin in a very little Swiss city called St.Imier. Later on, the organization was purchased by Constant Jeanneret-Droz in 1912. Constant was the son (actually among the sons) of Jules Frederic Jeanneret the founding father of Excelsior Park, one of the most significant chronograph manufacturers of that era. With the given background it turned out hardly surprising that Leonidas quickly was a successful manufacturer of complications.Leonidas created chronographs, moon phase and triple calendar replica watches together with other equipment for your automotive and aerospace industries. In the war the business supplied chronographs for that Italian, German and several other armies. In 1962, Leonidas Watch Co. merged with Heuer, another legendary chronograph brand. For quite a while they produced replica watches within the company name Heuer-Leonidas. They did what they knew best; chronographs along with complications. Until Heuer was eventually (1984) bought by TAG forming the business that is known today as TAG Heuer. Today, Leonidas is simply known among collectors of vintage replica watches. However, given the fact that many of these iconic brands are brought back to life either by crowd funding or with the power a greater watch company, there's hope that Leonidas 1 day will go back to the watch industry.The HistoryAs far once i know, I'm the next one who owns this Leonidas. The earlier owner purchased through the individual that originally are somewhere in the late 50's (or early 60's, because he can't remember well). According custom promotional products to him he bought if from of his colleagues in '69 if they were both working at Disney Studios in California. He wore it continuously until '79 whilst could not look at dial anymore so he previously had to obtain a (quartz) watch having a larger dial. He'd use it inside a drawer where the watch spent the next +30 years until he made a decision to sell. The person retired and took it on a nice holiday and required to get back extra cash, to ensure the sale.The WatchNow, let's wait and watch the watch this story is about watches . She is is actually a fine illustration showing the golden era of Leonidas. This Leonidas was manufactured in the 1950's breitling aviator , unfortunately I was struggle to determine the specific year of production (or sale). Its dimensions are 35mm in diameter special ops watch , excluding the crown. Although 35mm is known as small currently, at the time this size was only about average. The watch case is pretty thick along with the crystal is domed. This leads to a serious thick watch for such a small (diameter). The case on the Leonidas consists of metal, which is most frequent material used for this model, though I've seen a few pieces during the past with gold(-capped) cases. Either side on the case you'll discover these little quick set buttons to the triple calendar and also the moon phase functions. Utilizing these little correctors, you may rapidly change relating to the days of a few days, the months, the quantity of purchasing and even rotate the moon phase disc very slowly. The reference of the watch is 0151, the most frequent number I've seen your brand-new designer clothes.Leonidas Tripe Calendar Moon PhaseThe triple calendar demonstrates to you the month, day of the week and date. It isn't a perpetual calendar needless to say (perpetual calendars are quite complicated and can advance the date - including leap years etc - every month with no necessary manual correction). The movement isn't made by Leonidas, when they used an ETA 1100 as base caliber and added the triple calendar moon phase complications like a module. Since ETA1100 would have been a popular movement individuals brands then, parts on their behalf are around every corner and comparatively straightforward to service. Inspite of the dimensions of the watch, the dial is not too cluttered in my opinion. The dark blue smiling moon phase disc complements the beige dial with gold numerals and blue printed numbers (date) about the outer ring. Hands have this bronze colour aside from the date pointer, that is red. This will make it better to distinguish the next hand in the date pointer and the other way around.Around the WristActually, I used to be quite afraid which the dimensions of the watch would be too small personally. My wrist is 7.5" and though I'm not really into wearing large replica watches (when i easily could), I've arrive at like and fully grasp this small Leonidas watch on my small wrist. To my surprise I slowly begun to adapt to the size of this Leonidas. I still enjoy my vintage 42mm Omega Speedmaster Professional or my other Leonidas (with a 38mm diameter), but tend to also wear this small Leonidas for the uninterruptedly. Obviously, this watch is meant to be worn being a dress watch as well as for that purpose alone she's just perfect. The Leonidas looks beautiful within the wrist, I love to wind and hang her alternate day, also I've learnt that it is great conversation maker.