


This will give you a date estimate compared to known examples backed up by extracts of the archives of known watches. Speedmaster year dating has been transformed by the database query site : This is why it is so important to see inside, even if you think you don’t know what you are doing, you can still check the movement is copper coloured, signed, and numbered.Īrmed with the calibre, and the case reference we can check the movement serial falls within accepted ranges for the reference. I know this for a fact as I once bought one at the Pasadena watch show – luckily I returned it.

In fact entire Lemaina movements can be transplanted into a Speedmaster. Lemania made similar movements for other brands, (and themselves) and the parts from these are a different colour, but interchangeable.
