L97

	Brand:	Landeron Swiss Movements
	Family:	Unknown
	Height:
	Jewels:	17
	Reserve:	40 hours
	Frequency:	21,600 A/h
	Winding:	Hand winding
	Diameter:	(16.5 ligne)
	Complications:
	Hands:	Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Lépine Small Seconds Hand, Small Seconds Hand at 9:00

Distinguishing Technical Characteristics
Hand-Winding Clockwise Balance Cock Balance Balance at 1:30 Barrel at 7:30
Production:  –
1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s

Cal. L97 (and the similar L98) is a large hand-winding movement produced by Landeron Swiss Movements, a modern company unrelated to the historic Landeron company. It appears to be based on the classic ETA/Unitas 6497 design and is available in a variety of finishings. The similar Cal. L98 is similar to the ETA 6498-2.

There is some confusion about this movement due to the images on the company’s website as of 2022. They appear to be flipped horizontally, with a counter-clockwise balance cock that is not seen on any similar movement. Additionally, Landeron Swiss Movements has consistently labeled the image resembling the ETA 6497-2 clone as “L98” and the image resembling the ETA 6498-2 as “L97”. It is likely that this is a mistake, given the naming of these movements. We have matched the images and description to the ETA nomenclature, on the assumption that Landeron did not re-design the movements entirely.