Leonidas chronograph with Landeron 48 – SS – 1940’s

Beautiful light grey dial Leonidas watch with two sub dials, three o’clock for the minutes and nine of clock for the seconds. Hours are marked with black Arabic numerals. On the outer of the dial comes a blue telemeter up to one kilometer and tachymeter up to 1000. Hands are black with “Leaf” style. It is a stainless back case with engraved outside “Stainless Steel - Back Base Metal” and inside “Swiss - 732085”. The watch comes with a manual winding movement and caliber Landeron 48 and 17 jewels. The watch has a brown leather strap. Width between lugs is 18mm.

History

Julien Bourquin started his company in 1841 in the Saint Imier as Leonidas, name of the king of Sparta. It started with affordable watches and pieces measuring the time. Leonidas is famous for the production of stopwatches and chronographs with counters. In the early 20 century, many countries were using Leonidas watches like Germany, France, Japan, United States to name a few. In 1964, the company merged the Heuer Company. The new company called Heuer Leonidas SA specialized in stopwatches and chronographs.

Technical details

Manual winding movement with caliber Landeron 48 with 17 jewels, 18,000 A/h and 41 hours of power reserve. The movement was produced from 1937 to 1970.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35mm


Length including lugs: 42.50mm