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Great collection

 

I agree that these are vastly underrated watches for the quality of construction and design. The assymetric military lemania cases have a wonderfully solid and distinctive feel. I recently got my TG195 serviced and the watchmaker commented afterwards on the quality of the watch, saying he found it hard to get the dustcover back on afterwards because of the tight fit, proving that modern manufacturing techniques are not essential to achieve extraordinary build-quality tolerances.

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Lemania RN Serie III

 
By: Ludi : September 16th, 2014-02:04
Hi there, Below is my Royal Navy Fleet issued Lemania (0552), circa mid 60's Engraved in the caseback, its NSN 6695-99-924-3306 as my later CWC Royal Navy issued (1974) as per DEFSTAN 66-4 Anyone should expect the Lemania caliber 2220 with incabloc, but m...  

Great post, Fred!

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : September 16th, 2014-02:36
Thank you for sharing your great collection! :) Here is my Hamilton. I have some MIL Lemania. The Tg 195 is a favorite for sure! As well as the Lemania Viggen Chrono Best Blomman ...  

These are treasures to collect.

 
By: amanico : September 16th, 2014-02:39
Nice case, lovely dial and great movement + History. What more can you get for still such a reasonnable price??? The good thing is that they still are Under the radar. Which gives us more opportunities to find ours. I am a big fan of the no lume dial ( fo... 

Great collection

 
By: long71 : September 16th, 2014-02:57
I agree that these are vastly underrated watches for the quality of construction and design. The assymetric military lemania cases have a wonderfully solid and distinctive feel. I recently got my TG195 serviced and the watchmaker commented afterwards on t...  

Wow! Superb Lemanias.

 
By: mkvc : September 17th, 2014-01:13
There is a surprising variety, but the functionality always shows through. Those watches are definitely not toys.

Very nice Ludi

 
By: Ubik : September 17th, 2014-07:55
Being in the UK I seem to have picked up a few of these over the years. Lemania's heritage as a military and professional watch is amazing. My oldest is the Czech issued pilots watch. Theone I like to wear the most is the two button. The last one is proba...