Despite its name no longer appearing on watch dials, defunct Swiss manufacturer Lemania is experiencing a resurgence thanks to the inexorable growth in interest in military watches.
虽然名字不会再出现在表盘上了，但由于人们对军用手表的兴趣又开始高涨，沉寂已久的瑞士制表商Lemania又有了复苏之势。
However, its a civilian model that seems primed to break all records for the brand: On April 25, the Lemania watch given to Winston Churchill by the Swiss canton of Vaud is being auctioned Sotheby's in London.不过，看起来要打破该品牌所有记录的是一块款式平平的表：4月25日，由瑞士沃州送给温斯顿·丘吉尔的Lemania手表将在伦敦的苏富比拍卖行拍卖。The chronograph was presented to Churchill during the summer of 1946 when he stayed in village of Bursinel, Switzerland, in part for a break after the war years, as well as a period for speech-writing.1946年，丘吉尔正在瑞士小镇比尔西内勒进行战后休养，同时准备着他的演讲稿，而就在那时，这块计时码表被当作礼物送给了丘吉尔。The gift symbolized Churchill's "vision of peace and unity in Europe," Joanne Lewis, head of watches at Sotheby's, told the Press Association.
苏富比拍卖行表类负责人乔安妮·刘易斯向记者协会透露，这件礼物象征着丘吉尔对“欧洲和平与团结的展望”。Sotheby's has provided an upper estimate of about $31,000, but considering the usually pessimistic estimates provided by the auction houses, this conservative figure might be exceeded if either a Lemania or chronograph collector enters a bidding war with a Churchill aficionado.苏富比拍卖行估计这块表最高会拍到3.1万美元，但是考虑到该拍卖行的估计通常比较悲观，所以如果Lemania或计时码表的收藏者们和丘吉尔死忠来一场如火如荼的拍价较量，这一数字就有被超越的可能。Prior to this wristwatch appearing for sale, the most famous of Churchill's watches was a Breguet pocket watch, which was in daily use. (Lemania was absorbed by Breguet and is now part of the Swatch Group.)在这块腕表拍卖之前，丘吉尔用过的最有名的表是一块宝玑怀表，也是他在日常生活中常用的一块表。（Lemania已被宝玑公司收购，如今是斯沃琪集团的一部分）