excelsior park Cal 4 landeron Cw column wheel switch Cam Cam/lever switch lemania 13 13CH 15CHT 15TL 1872 1873 1883 2220 2310 33-3 CHRO 5100 CH27 1884: Alfred Lugrin, self-taught watchmaker, moved to Le Sentier with four people to assemble chronographs on movements in the form of blanks from the Hahn house in Landeron. 1890: Construction of a Lugrin factory in L'Orient, where various operations were carried out, such as pointing, drilling, tapping, milling, contouring and finally assembly. 1895: Alfred Lugrin was commissioned by a house in Besançon to manufacture a chronograph-counter of his invention. 1900: The company manufactures complete watches. 1906: The Lémania brand is registered. 1908: Opening of reassembly workshops and a sales office in La Chaux-de-Fonds. 1912: Marius Meylan was hired and modernized the company. 1915: Appearance of the first wrist chronographs for a GP contract to the Italian Navy. 1917: Marius Meylan, married the daughter of Alfred Lugrin. 1920: Death of Alfred Lugrin, Marius Meylan takes over the reins. 1932: Lémania Lugrin S.A à L'Orient joined the Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère S.A (SSIH), then headquartered in Geneva. This company grouped the Brands Omega, Louis Brandt & Frères S.A de Bienne and Charles Tissot & Fils S.A du Locle. 1942: Appearance of the famous 27 CH caliber, which at Omega becomes the 321, the Speedmaster model. 1949 and 1956: Expansion of the premises. 1980: Following the difficulties it encountered, the SSIH decided to close the Lémania factory. 1981: The company, in the hands of a private group of shareholders, resumed its activities under the new corporate name: Manufacture d'Horlogerie Nouvelle Lémania SA. The manufacture at the time was the first manufacturer of mechanical chronographs. But it also dealt with complicated mechanical and electronic watches, perpetual calendars, minute repeaters, tourbillons, extra-thin calibers, mechanical time counters for sport and industry. 1982: La Nouvelle Lémania, takes over Heuer-Léonidas. 1985: The company TAG (Technique d'Avant Garde), an important holding company based in Jersey, founded in Luxembourg in 1977 by the Saudi-Syrian businessman Akram Ojjeh, buys the two factories to create Tag Heuer. 1992: The Investcorp group (Persian golf), owner of Breguet, buys the Nouvelle Lémania. 1999: The Swatch Group takes over Breguet and Lemania. By 1936 half a million chronograph movements had been made by them, primarily for Omega.

seagull ST1901 Chinese copy of a Venus 175. valjoux 19 Ligne Cal 1 Cal 18 Cal 2 Cal 20 Cal 22-1928 Cal 22-1947 Cal 22-1949 Cal 22GH Cal 22 heuer Cal 230 Cal 23-1928 Cal 23-1947 Cal 234 Cal 23 heuer Cal 24-1928 Cal 24-1947 Cal 25-1928 Cal 25-1947 Cal 26 Cal 3 Cal 5 Cal 54 Cal 55 Cal 57 Cal 6 Cal 61 Cal 69 Cal 7 Cal 71 Cal 72 Cal 72C Cal 76 Cal 76R Cal 77 Cal 7733 Cal 7734 Cal 7736 Cal 7740 Cal 7750 Cal 7765 Cal 8-1928 Cal 8-1947 Cal 84 Cal 88 Cal 9-1928 Cal 9-1947 Cal 92 Founded in 1901 by brothers John and Charles Reymond in Les Bioux, the company operated under the name ‘Reymond Frères SA’ until 1929 when it became known as ‘Valjoux SA’ named after the Callee de Joux in whcih they were located - this was the complicated movement heart of Switzerland. Making only complicated movements, triple dates, chronographs, timers and rattrapantes, caliber 22 debuted in 1914 and remained in production for sixty years. However, it was the smaller, 13 ligne caliber 23 developed in 1916 that changed the world of wrist chronographs, finding its way into chronographs for Patek Philppe, Audemars Piguet, Bulova, Rolex and Vacheron. Production of this ebauche lasted for sixty years until 1974. It is estimated that 125,000 ebauche movements of this type were made venus Cal 140 Cal 150-1938 Cal 150-1949 Cal 152-1942 Cal 152-1950 Cal 170-1942 Cal 170-1949 Cal 175-1942 Cal 175-1949 Cal 178-1947 Cal 178-1949 Cal 179-1947 Cal 179-1949 Cal 183 Cal 184 Cal 185 Cal 186 Cal 187 Cal 188-1949 Cal 188-1953 Cal 189 Cal 190 Cal 191 Cal 192 Cal 193 Cal 194 Cal 196 Cal 198 Cal 199 Cal 200 Cal 205 Cal 210 Cal 211