Lemania
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Lemaniawas aSwiss watchmanufacturer and manufacturer ofwatch movements.
It was founded in 1884 by Alfred Lugrin (1858-1920), who had trained atJaeger-LeCoultre.Lugrin received awards and gold medals at exhibitions in Milan in 1906 and in Bern in 1914. Until 1930, the factory was called Lugrin SA, until Lugrin's son-in-law Marius Meylan established the firm Lemania Watch Co., based inL'Orient, Switzerland(Vaud).
In 1932, Lemania,OmegaandTissotmerged to form theSSIH group.[1]
Lemania produced movements for Omega, including for theSpeedmasterthatBuzz Aldrinwore on the moon.
With theadventof electronic watches in the 1970s, sales of mechanical watches from the SSIH Group collapsed. In 1980, creditor banks gave Nicolas Hayek the task ofrestructuringthe group. In the course of a management buyout, Lemania separated from the SSIH Group in 1981 and changed its name to Nouvelle Lemania. In 1992, Nouvelle Lemania was bought byBreguet.The Lemania calibers[which?]are still used today[when?]in watches of numerous[quantify]well-known[by whom?]brands.[example needed]
References
[edit]- ^Young, Anthony (July 5, 2011)."The Lémania Legacy".International Watch.Retrieved7 September2017.