Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 246

Lemania, Split-Seconds Chronograph Lemania, Swiss, movement No. 248732, case No. 17481. Made in the 1950's. Fine and large, chromed, keyless watch with 30-second splitseconds chronograph and instantaneous 30-minute register.

C. Four-body, massive, bassine, polished. Nickel cuvette. D. White enamel with bold black Arabic numerals, outer Arabic seconds track with red numerals 30-60, outermost fifth of a second chronograph track with numerals 1-30, subsidiary 30-seconds and instantaneous 30-minute register. Blued steel pear hands. M. 24"', gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, high frequency monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, split-seconds chronograph with visible work, released by depressing the winding crown and with push piece in the band for the split-seconds. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 65 mm.