Civilian: A mid sized pilot’s two button chronograph wristwatch, by Lemania, the signed black dial with silvered baton hour markers and Arabic numerals at 12 and 6, within chronograph seconds scale, 1-12 telemeter 1 mile scale and outer 60-900 base 1 miles scale, centre sweep seconds hand, and subsidiary dials for chronograph 30 minutes at 3 o’clock and for running seconds at 9 o’clock, unsigned jewelled movement, steel case with two chronograph buttons to the band at 3 and 5 o’clock, the screw down back numbered ‘39971’, on black leather strap, dial diameter 28mm. £1,500-£2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Culling Collection of Military Watches.

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Highly regarded for their prowess in producing chronometer movements, Lemania were the sole supplier of chronographs to the British military from the 1940s until the 1970s.