US Patent 2008734 covers all, or does it?
The “Spirit and Scope of my invention” are the words Philip Van Horn Weems used ...
The last three ALL silver Hour-angles
In Stephanie Lachat’s beautiful book Longines through Time, she notes that the very last generation ...
The First Generation Hour-angle or “Lindbergh”
The Longines Hour-angle watch is history’s most famous pilot watch and improved upon the Weems ...
An Accurate Timepiece for the Air Navigation age
Whilst Santos-Dumont had flown with his famous Cartier watch in 1906, there was a limited ...
Dieudonne Costes – Incredible Hour-angle watch
Dieudonné Costes is best known for the extraordinary Paris to New York flight of September ...
Amy Johnson’s Weems SOARS again.
Amy Johnson’s Weems watch SOARS again at a recent Sotheby’s auction selling for 88,200 pounds. ...
The Hour-angle watch – a “Lindbergh”
The speed of the plane brought complex new navigational challenges. When traveling at 200 miles ...
Philip Van Horn Weems – Grandfather of today’s GPS
While characters like Lindbergh, Douglas Corrigan and Richard E. Byrd were trailblazing the skies, pioneers ...
Lindbergh had a special Weems!
Lindbergh had a special Weems! It almost sounds like a chicken or egg type scenario, ...