Gifts for your boyfriend: an engraved bracelet or a poster of your story
A sentimental gift for your boyfriend that doesn’t feel too soppy: that is usually where it gets tricky. He never asks for anything, doesn’t wear jewellery, and an over-the-top gift would make him squirm. What works is something he can keep on him without having to explain it: a marine cord and cherry wood bracelet with no clasp, engraved with the coordinates of the bar where you met, your initials and the day of your first date, or a Viking symbol if he’d rather show nothing at all. And for the wall of your first flat, a poster: the stars of your first evening, the track of his favourite run, or the kilometres between your two towns if you started out long-distance. Bracelets cost €23.90 with the engraving, posters from €19.90 at A4 to €69.90 at 70 × 100; everything ships from our workshop in France within 48 hours. For Valentine’s Day, Christmas or your first anniversary, allow ten days.
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Personalised star map poster
The stars of the evening he first spoke to you, calculated for the place and the hour. A poster that passes for decor in your living room: his mates will see a sky, he will know which one.
From €8.90
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Personalised route poster — your run, your hike, your trip
If he runs, rides or hikes: the GPS track of your first outing together, or of the marathon where you waited at the finish, with distance and elevation gain worked out. A gift about him, and a little about the two of you.
From €8.90
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Personalised distance poster — two places, one distance
Your two towns joined by a line, with the kilometres as the crow flies under the title. For couples who made it through long distance, or are still in it: he hangs it at his place until it becomes yours.
From €8.90
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Personalised GPS Coordinates Bracelet – The Place You Met
The bar, the quayside, a friend’s party: the spot where you met, engraved as latitude and longitude. For a man who never wears anything readable: others see numbers, he knows where they lead.
€23.90
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Couple Bracelet – Two Initials and Two Symbols Engraved in a Cross
For the boyfriend who likes to be told: your two initials either side of an engraved cross, a heart or an infinity sign above, another below. The pick for Valentine’s Day or your first anniversary, when the bracelet should read at a glance.
€23.90
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Initials and Date Bracelet – Wedding Anniversary Gift
Your two initials, and beneath them the day of your first date in numbers. He no longer has to remember it: it’s on his wrist. Between the letters, a heart, or just a dot if he prefers it plain.
€23.90
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Viking Bracelet – Norse Symbol Engraved on Cherry Wood
If he runs from anything that looks like a lover’s gift: a Viking symbol engraved in cherry wood — the Vegvísir, which guides you when you don’t know the way, or the Nordic knot of lasting bonds. Nothing written, but you know why that one.
€23.90
Which one to choose
| If he… | Then |
|---|---|
| never wears jewellery | The GPS coordinates bracelet, or a Viking symbol |
| likes to be told things | The initials, cross and symbols bracelet |
| always forgets dates | The initials and date bracelet |
| logs every outing on an app | The route poster, from his GPX file |
| lives in a different town from you | The distance poster |
| would rather have something for the home | The star map of your first evening |
His dates, yours, and when to order
| Occasion | When | When to order |
|---|---|---|
| Valentine’s Day | 14 February | Order before 4 February |
| Your first anniversary | the day of your first date | Ten days ahead |
| His birthday | his date | Ten days ahead |
| Christmas | 25 December | Order before 15 December |
| After his race or trail run | the day he crosses the line | As soon as his GPX file is exported |
| A reunion, when he lives far away | the day one of you joins the other | Ten days ahead, a week within France |
Ten days to Ireland and the rest of the EU, a week within France: two days in the workshop, then the post. Delivery €5, free from €49.
Frequently asked questions
What’s a sentimental gift for my boyfriend that isn’t too romantic?
A gift that holds your story without spelling it out. The GPS coordinates bracelet engraves the place you met in numbers, the Viking bracelet a Norse symbol without a word. For the wall, the star map shows the stars of your first evening: decor to his friends, a memory to him. Bracelet €23.90, printed A4 poster €19.90.
What jewellery can you give a man who never wears any?
A bracelet that doesn’t look like jewellery: a marine cord, a cherry wood bead, a sliding knot instead of a clasp, and nothing shiny. Ten colours, from black to olive green, and three sizes. Engrave coordinates or a Viking symbol rather than a name: that is what keeps it on his wrist.
What should I get my boyfriend for our first anniversary?
The initials and date bracelet, which engraves your two letters and the day of your first date, or the initials, cross and symbols bracelet if he likes it to show. For the wall, the star map of the evening you met. Order ten days ahead for Ireland or elsewhere in the EU: two days in the workshop to engrave or print, then the post from France.
A gift for a boyfriend who’s into sport?
The route poster: export the outing from his app or watch as a GPX file, upload it, and his route is drawn on the map with distance, time and elevation gain worked out. The most telling is an outing you did together, or the race where you waited at the finish. No file? Our library offers well-known routes.
What’s the last order date for Valentine’s Day or Christmas?
For Valentine’s Day, order before 4 February; for Christmas, before 15 December if he lives in Ireland. Everything is engraved or printed to order, then shipped within 48 hours from our workshop in Aveyron, France. Running late? The print-it-yourself file, €8.90, arrives as a download link a few minutes after you order.
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Designed in Aveyron, FranceComposed in our family workshop, checked before it ships.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.