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Might be able to answer you soon !
Yes, my questions were not that innocent. I am in the process of getting one (handwound).
From what I've heard, it's a VERY VERY delicate watch, so thin that if you put too much presure on the strap when you close it, the watch stops.
I don't think I will wear it a lot. Will post pictures when I get it.
I also know that this watch can only be repaired at Lemania (as they bought the caliber), and that it costs something like 600$ for a simple check.
JJC
Jean Lassale 1.2 mm mecanical movement. Any info and scan ?
A friend recently told me about the Jean Lassale watches, and their ultra-super-mega-whoaoh-thin movement. They made a handwound mecanical movement of 1.2 mm, and managed to put it in a 2 mm watch. With crystal back ! They also made an auto mvt which was ...
Nouvelle Lemania owns the rights to these movements now...
The 1.2mm hand-wind is now Lemania calibre 1210, and the 2mm automatic calibre 2010 is the same movement with an auto winding module. The trick to the design of these movements is that there is no top plate in the conventional sense. Everything floats on ...
A little more...
Hi, The Jean Lassalle cal. 1200 (manual wind) and cal. 2000 (automatic wind) were introduced in 1978. To achieve their extraordinary thinness, they dispensed with bridges and used ball bearings instead of using jewels. Jean Lassalle cal. 1200: 20.8 x 1.20...
Um, do they work?
Hi Guys, I'm definitely impressed from a sheer "wow" standpoint but they seem like maybe more of a novelty than useful movements. What kind of service interval would these suckers need (ball bearings?)? I'd love to have a close look at one, thanks for sha...
Might be able to answer you soon !
Yes, my questions were not that innocent. I am in the process of getting one (handwound). From what I've heard, it's a VERY VERY delicate watch, so thin that if you put too much presure on the strap when you close it, the watch stops. I don't think I will...
