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  1. aap Aug 17, 2015

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    Hi all. Just bought this from Jack Road Japan. Hoping someone can give me more info about it (I.e. History, model). Thanks.

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  2. Some Time Ago Aug 18, 2015

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    Most important is to know if it has a Lemania movement thicking inside. Probably has a Valjoux 7734 from the looks of it. Which makes me wonder if it is a "real" Lemania watch. it dates from the 1980's. Hard to tell what is really is since that period has a lot of watch left overs put out there to minimize costs. The quartz revolution was eating away at the mechanical watches...hard.
     
  3. danomar Aug 19, 2015

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    It bears the hands commonly used by Lemania, and there have been some two-register manual-wind Lemania movements (they are slightly less common than three-register ones), but I do not remember ever seeing a two-register Lemania with date complication. That does not mean it is not a Lemania, just that I have not seen one like it. The case resembles one used for Tissot's Navigator and a few others. It is an interesting piece, but history on Lemania-branded watches is nearly non-existent, so most Lemaniacs rely on experience—which is not 100% accurate either.
     
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  4. aap Aug 20, 2015

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    Thanks @danomar. I also relied on the reputation of the store I bought it from.