Is this vintage Lemania genuine ?

[PP101]

I am thinking of this watch, which is being offered for sale on Ebay as a 1950’s model, by a seller who seems to have a good track record selling items including some watches sold and on offer at above the price of this item, but no bricks and mortar presence. It is claimed that the watch was fully service in late 2014.

Frankly, the condition seems very much too good to be true and this obviously makes me suspicious. Any thoughts on authenticity and value in this condition, based on these photos would be appreciated. I am deliberately not mentioning the price, so as not to skew any reactions to the watch.

I am not a vintage watch purist and would dearly love a watch which looks this good, even if it has been "messed around" a little, but I do want a watch that is essentially the genuine product. Is it actually possible to restore a 60 year old watch to this level of apparent perfection, however well it was looked after ??

Many thanks for your help !

[MILGAUSS88]

I am going to guess that the dial is redone, because of the lack of any patina.
All the Lemanias I had seemed to have had poor dials. I don't think they did a very good job of printing them.
Other than that, if you were going to fake or Frankenstein this watch, I would have converted it into an Omega instead.
So,nI am guessing it has just been restored.

[lapince]

Of course you can make an old watch look new, change dial, hands, polish, etc...

[PP101]

Originally Posted by lapince

Of course you can make an old watch look new, change dial, hands, polish, etc...

Ok, I take your point, although I wonder whether it would have been cost effective to restore this watch to the level to which it seems to have been restored. The asking price is €1,550 (so around £1,100). Given the prices I have been quoted for servicing an old Longines that is in pretty good condition, I don't see the seller making much money on this if he also had the dial fully restored and the case polished, unless he got the unrestored watch for almost nothing.

[MILGAUSS88]

If he repaired the watch himself, he may have $50 in the repair, mostly in the dial.
To put this together from parts would cost several hundred dollars and more time. Just does not seem worthy of the effort to make a Lemania when they used the same movement on Omegas.
Costs of repairs vary widely depending on where you take it.
For me redone dial is typically $35. Chronograph service (not running ) $75-100.

[capote]

The Lemania logo looks suspicious IMO