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SOLD Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Issued "Double Pusher" Lemania 818

  1. Hans the Wolf Apr 19, 2019

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    For sale is a wonderful Lemania 818 in very good condition :) From what both I and the previous owner can tell it is in an unpolished condition (since neither he or I have owned since it was new we cannot of course be 100% sure about that!). Dial and hands (the syringe version) are both in a perfect condition and so is also the case. The watch was only produced in 500 examples between 1975 and 1976 (250 each year). The watch runs well, the chronograph resets correctly, I observed it for 7 days and it slowed down 14 seconds during that period, i.e. 2 seconds each 24 hours.

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    Here is an article about the reference:
    https://journal.hautehorlogerie.org/...y-chronograph/

    My references are the following:

    https://klocksnack.se/threads/hasse-varg.56482/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/hans...4/#post-415638
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/cris...-seller.36567/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/hans...-seller.59352/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/reco...he-wolf.59354/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/hans...-seller.86956/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/hans...t-buyer.92076/

    The ones for the Swedish watch community klocksnack.se (Scandinavias largest) are of course in Swedish but by using Google-translate I am sure you will understand what they say [​IMG]

    I am asking €5500 for the watch.

    Cheers,
    Hans
     
  2. shishy www.hpmor.com Apr 19, 2019

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    Awesome example. GLWS.
     
    Edited Apr 19, 2019
  3. Faz Apr 19, 2019

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    One of the most interesting and beautiful military chronos.
     
  4. Syrte MWR Tech Support Dept Apr 20, 2019

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    A beautiful watch and one of those rare examples where the word “rare” is in fact warranted.
    Those double pushers are said to be “as rare as hen’s teeth” in the military watch collecting community.

    Might want to add “double pusher” in the title for added visibility.
    GLWS.
     
  5. AESTime Apr 20, 2019

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    A beautiful example of a very collectible lemania reference. GLWS
     
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  6. Hans the Wolf Apr 20, 2019

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    Thanks for the advice and for the kind words about the watch :) I have just added it to the title!
     
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  7. Hans the Wolf Apr 26, 2019

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    The watch is back to FS from OHPF.
     
  8. Sculler22 Sep 1, 2019

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    Hans,

    Did you ever sell this watch?

    All best,

    John