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Lemania. A rare stainless steel automatic flyback chronograph prototype wristwatch with date

Signed Lemania, circa 1980

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Lemania. A rare stainless steel automatic flyback chronograph prototype wristwatch with date
Signed Lemania, circa 1980
Lemania cal. 1377 automatic movement, 33 jewels, black matte dial, luminous dot and Arabic numerals, luminous hands, screw back, two round chronograph buttons in the band, dial and movement signed
38.5 mm. width, 42 mm. length

Special Notice

This lot is offered without reserve. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The present watch is part of an extremely limited prototype production run of around 20 watches fitted with the Lemania automatic flyback chronograph calibre 1377. In the 1990s, Breguet acquired the right to the movement and used it, without the date function, in its Type XX chronographs. Consequently, these Lemania prototypes are not only the only other occurrence of this movement in the entire history of horology, but furthermore the earliest appearance of it in a working wristwatch, ever. The present watch, offered in outstanding condition, with pristine dial and unpolished case, is number 17 of this rarified production.

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