LEONIDAS UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: LEONIDAS UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL:  CHRONOGRAPH 

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN:  RARE VALJOUX CAL.77 MANUAL 17 JEWELS MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CREAM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: 2 REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND DIAL AT 9:00 AND 30 MINUTES COUNTER AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: BLUE STEEL STICK HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: ARABIC DARK GREY  MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : BASE METAL GOLD PLATED TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS SIZE: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN 43mm LUG TO LUG 

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: SS UNSIGNED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, ALL CHRONO WORKS AND RESET TO ZERO. HARD TO FIND

VINTAGE - NO BOX NO PAPER 

PRICE/HARGA: USD900 (NEGOTIABLE) 

     HISTORY OF LEONIDAS WATCHES

     Leonidas became a leader in wrist chronographs and aviation/military timing instruments. It supplied precision pieces for Italian aviation (including Balbo’s long-distance flights in the early 1930s), produced water-resistant models from the mid-1930s, and made chronographs with hour counters by 1939. For its 1941 centenary it introduced observatory-tested chronometers. Post-WWII, it offered gold and other fine chronographs (often using Valjoux, Landeron, Venus, or similar ébauches), calendar models, and more. 

•  Merger and end of the brand: In 1964 it merged with Heuer (another Saint-Imier chronograph specialist) to form Heuer-Leonidas, then the largest Swiss maker of stopwatches and chronographs. The Leonidas name was used sparingly afterward. After further ownership changes amid the quartz crisis, the brand was retired when the company became TAG Heuer in 1985. (A modern revival exists but is separate from the historic production.)