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Stewart H

So, after too long, my most ambitious bit of tinkering yet. My first three register chronograph service - Lemania 1387 (Omega 681). My first replacement of a mineral crystal and I had to replace the hour recorder hand. The nearest Omega one was too light in colour so I had to mix 3 parts Humbrol 48 to 5 parts Humbrol 47 - that experiment took a few dummy runs. Also had to broach the Omega hand to get it to fit (another first)

From this:
...to this:


...via this:


I think it looks good on its new bracelet.

Stewart H

I think there may be more to the cousins thing than you think. I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to find if there was a link between August Reymond SA and the Richard Watch Company, but I think there must have been one.

When you bought your Richard, I thought it might have been just a standard product that Lemania sold to both companies for them to add their own branding. However, a few weeks ago, I spotted an Arsamatic on eBay. This has a Lemania 1340 movement and that particular one has an oscillating weight marked RICHARD. I think that it is too unlikely to be mere coincidence that a watchmaker needed a weight for an Arsa with a 1340 and just happened to have one kicking around with Richard on it, so I believe that there must have been a tie-up between the two companies.

I love the dial on the Arsamatic but at the original asking price of £1,200 they can keep it - as indeed they can at its new price of £1,000.