"Tipo Militare"?

[danomar]

Eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4783tg

Something doesn't look quite right with this. I welcome enlightenment on this beastie.

[DaveS]

I have to agree (but that doesn't mean I am not attracted to it, it has been on my "watched items" list for over a year now, as it is repeatedly unsold and re-listed).

There is no doubt Lemania used this case, which is the same as the Omega soccer. The case is still available NOS from Watchco or similar. This one looks NOS, but it is hard to tell whether the radial brushing to the case top is still pristine.

There is no doubt that it is a Lemania signed movement.

However, the dial does not sit in the case well, and there is too big a gap between the minute tack and the inner edge of the internal bezel.

The signature on the dial gives it away, it is too early for use in this case (whose origins are very late 1960s, as is the movement). Lemania were using a thicker font, often with the crown atop the central "A" by then.

There is a lot of interchangeability between Lemania manual chrono dials, as far as I know, as the dial feet are similarly positioned on many of them, so it is perfectly possible to transpose an earlier one on a later movement.

And the hands are too small for that dial as well, and don't reach the tracks, even though they themselves are too small.

What this really needs is a set of Speedy hands, long legible white sticks against this black dial.

As an aside, I have always tinkered with the idea of putting together a Lemania chrono in this case, for my own use. It is perfectly possible to seal these cases so that they have their full, original 120m WR rating, as Omega parts to do so are still available. When STS restored my old Chronostop, they returned it to me with a depth test certificate. And that was a 1968 one.

So it would be perfectly possible to have a very nice, comfy, manual wind Lemania chrono with an internal bezel, lovely (and large) 60s case, which you could swim with. Quite a nice concept really.

And this case is so comfortable to wear on the wrist.

Anyway, I digress.

A definite put-together, this one, in my opinion, but not a revolting one. And the seller is not claiming too much, merely that it is a military "type".

Dave