Patek & Hamilton, the first second setting watches

In his article, ‘Possibilities of an Adjustable Rate Clock,’ Weems noted that ‘aerial navigation has ...

Eberhard Sistema Magini pocket watch used by Publio Magini in June 1942 on a spy mission

Will the real Sistema Magini please stand up!

The 2019 auction of a supposed Sistema Magini wristwatch should raise more than the odd ...

My Agent did what……Lindbergh’s steel Longines 13.33Z.

Lindbergh’s steel 13.33Z would qualify as an uber rare catch for many a collector, especially ...

Longines Weems second setting pieces 1930 - unique 5 different fonts

A Legendary Navigating Star – Lt. Harry P. McLean Connor

Today’s Instagram wrist shot era may well have been started by a legendary navigating star ...

Longines Weems second setting hour-angle prototype - a world first

The World’s First Hour-angle wristwatch

President Coolidge cabled Lindbergh noting, “The first flight of a lone aviator across the Atlantic ...

Seikosha Tensoku Dokei WWII IJNAS pilot watch

Imperial Japanese Navy’s Air Service Seikosha “Air Soldier” – Tensoku Dokei 天測時計

Wartime aviation was a dangerous pursuit for all involved, leaving little room for error with ...

Lindbergh hour angle patent prototype drawings

The World’s first production Hour–angle timepiece

Longines experienced a multiple decade zenith in the first half of the twentieth century and ...

Sky to Space, Lindbergh, Goddard, NASA rocket technology

From Sky to Space – The Moon Man & his Mate

“Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes ...

Lindbergh wittnauer longines special flight calculator, hour-angle, weems, calotte, cal24.41 8 day power reserve

Lindbergh’s Elusive Special Flight Calculator…

Albert Wittnauer agreed to stock a minimum of 17,000 Longines watches in America by 1879[1] ...

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