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··LemaniacI recently acquired this Lemania 1940s caliber 15TL.
Detailed pictures from a recent service conducted by fellow OF member @Mitka can be found here:
https://workshop.mitka.co.uk/cgi-bin/library?action=show_photos&wat_id=985&tk_id=597914491
The case reference/number is 44 609. I have no certain confirmation on this, but suspect the 44 to designate a 1944 production date, and 609 to be some sorts of running number?
If I ever spot a similar Lemania, it might be possible to confirm if 609 is an actual case reference or running number.
The caliber 15TL movement serial number is 5827. This would fit well with a 1944/45 production date.
From 1932 and onwards, Lemania was the manufacturer of chronographs within the SSHI (later Swatch group).
Various models were available under the different brand names, often only distinguished by the case reference number and the logo on the dial.
The hinged lug design is typical for 30s and 40s watches. What is very unusual is the three lug “droplets”.
This version (case style) was sold under the Omega brand with reference CK2080. Tissot versions have also been spotted, but I have still not seen another Lemania.
It is definitely not a matter of someone putting a Lemania dial on a Tissot or Omega case, as the case back inscriptions are different between the companies. Omega would have a logo and case ref (CK2080).
Tissot had their own marking as well.
(Tissot pictures from a sales ad on Watchprosite.com in 2016)
Apart from the caseback inscriptions, the cases are identical.
In 2009 Omega made the 1941 limited-edition Omega Number 9 Milestone chronograph in white, yellow and red gold as a homage to the CK2080.
More about that here:
https://www.worldwatchreview.com/2009/12/14/omega-number-9-milestone-1941-museum-collection/
Detailed pictures from a recent service conducted by fellow OF member @Mitka can be found here:
https://workshop.mitka.co.uk/cgi-bin/library?action=show_photos&wat_id=985&tk_id=597914491
The case reference/number is 44 609. I have no certain confirmation on this, but suspect the 44 to designate a 1944 production date, and 609 to be some sorts of running number?
If I ever spot a similar Lemania, it might be possible to confirm if 609 is an actual case reference or running number.
The caliber 15TL movement serial number is 5827. This would fit well with a 1944/45 production date.
From 1932 and onwards, Lemania was the manufacturer of chronographs within the SSHI (later Swatch group).
Various models were available under the different brand names, often only distinguished by the case reference number and the logo on the dial.
The hinged lug design is typical for 30s and 40s watches. What is very unusual is the three lug “droplets”.
This version (case style) was sold under the Omega brand with reference CK2080. Tissot versions have also been spotted, but I have still not seen another Lemania.
It is definitely not a matter of someone putting a Lemania dial on a Tissot or Omega case, as the case back inscriptions are different between the companies. Omega would have a logo and case ref (CK2080).
Tissot had their own marking as well.
(Tissot pictures from a sales ad on Watchprosite.com in 2016)
Apart from the caseback inscriptions, the cases are identical.
In 2009 Omega made the 1941 limited-edition Omega Number 9 Milestone chronograph in white, yellow and red gold as a homage to the CK2080.
More about that here:
https://www.worldwatchreview.com/2009/12/14/omega-number-9-milestone-1941-museum-collection/
