Hi, I have a speedmaster pro case and also a Tissot chrono which has a lemania 1873 movement. I am planning on building a speedy out of them as a knockabout watch, using the 1873 movement in the Speedy case. Will this fit straight in? I also need to source a dial and hands - will Speedmaster hands fit straight onto the Lemania movement? Thanks
I had used a Lemania 873 (from Tissot) in an Omega 861 case and it fitted ok, I dont remember if I had to do anything with the pusher pin lengths but Omega dial and hands fitted without issue IIRC. That movement is now in a franken mod; Bucherer case, Sinn dial, Omega crystal, Omega hands - all of them designed for the Lemania movement
Great - thanks for that. Just been reading up on the Lemania and hadn't realised just how many brands of watches it was used in. I suspect there are lots of lovely looking old watches being lost forever, to service old speedies.