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Brand: | Landeron | 
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| Height: | 6.50 mm | ||
| Jewels: | 17 | ||
| Reserve: | hours | ||
| Frequency: | 18,000 A/h | ||
| Winding: | Hand winding | ||
| Diameter: | 32.45 mm (14.5 ligne) | ||
| Cal. 39 | Complications: | 2-Button, 7-Column Chronograph, Chronograph, Column Wheel Chronograph, Horizontal Clutch Chronograph | |
| Hands: | 45 Minute Chronograph Hand at 3:00, Central 60 Second Chronograph Hand, Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Small Seconds Hand at 9:00 | ||
| Distinguishing Technical Characteristics | |||||||||||
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 Hand-Winding  Clockwise Balance Cock  Screwed Balance  Indexed Regulator  7-Column Chronograph |
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| 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
Cal. 39 is a column wheel chronograph movement produced by Landeron (Charles Hahn & Cie.) in the 1940s. It features a Breguet hairspring, screwed balance, and regulator index. It used an oscillating pinion as invented by Breitling (Charles Hahn purchased this patent in 1925) but was plainly finished and utilitarian.
Cal. 42 was similar but used a flat spiral hairspring and added an hour counter register. A new chronograph mechanism was fitted for the derived Cal. 52. Cal. 53 was a more radical departure, with a cam-switching chronograph mechanism from Dèpraz similar to the Landeron/Dèpraz Cal. 48.
Cal. 39 was commonly used by Nicolet watch and Breitling.
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