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Leonidas 50s/60s: Calling Military Vintage Watch Experts (ISSUE RESOLVED - thank you)

PepeMUC
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Good morning to all,

I would love to get some input from anyone into early Leonidas Military watches.
Generally focussed on early Omega chronographs, I recently came across this Leonidas Chrono (Val 22, dm. 42mm) but my knowledge about them is extremely limited...

While I can't help liking it, there seem to be various details that irritate my eye... these points come to my mind:
- while the dial reminds me of the CP 1+2, case and bezel are different in various ways.
- bezel possibly a later replacement?
- also the crown seems not to be original...

Grateful for any thoughts / comments!
Have a good Sunday,
Johannes
 
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Tony C.
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I'm no military expert, but would say that there is no possibility that the bezel is original. As in 0%.
 
S.H.
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I think so too. You don't have to be a seasoned military watch expert to clearly see that a few things don't match here... styling, patina, etc.
 
Ville_W
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If you asking opinions about a potential military watch a picture of the case back is a must.
 
PepeMUC
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Ville_W Ville_W
If you asking opinions about a potential military watch a picture of the case back is a must.
Just asked for it, but with the various inconsistencies being confirmed, this will not likely change my mind.
 
STANDY
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Shouldn’t it be a
15-30-45 bezel
 
PepeMUC
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STANDY STANDY
Shouldn’t it be a
15-30-45 bezel
Not that I would know, but from looking at the related early Leonidas: good point. At least if it is supposed to be in any way related to the CP1/2. After digging a little deeper: it seems to me that only the (admittedly lovely) dial is from any other early Leonidas (also the Swiss Made at 6 should not be there if a CP), while both case + bezel are from a totally different brand. Too far fetched?
 
Dan S
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Big gap between the inner dial and the outer minute scale, which has a totally different font. What a mess.
 
pIoNeErOfThEnILe
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Tony C. Tony C.
I'm no military expert, but would say that there is no possibility that the bezel is original. As in 0%.


..it looks like a multiple decade of age type span in the dial to bezel
 
PepeMUC
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Thanks to all confirming what my intuition had told me right away and sorry for wasting your time with this.
Thread closed.
 
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