The first timepieces to fly from New York to Paris

Lindbergh stated that, “Flying has torn apart the relationship of space and time : it ...

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 ...

Longines collection 5167802, 5167803, 5167804, 5167805, 5167806. Weems, second setting, prototype, hour angle, Byrd Weems

The Rarest Batch of Watches – where’s my Zipper?

If you’re reading this, it is highly likely that you too got bitten by the ...

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 ...

The Italian job remade grand feu enamel versus original Fluckiger dial

“The Italian Job” REMADE enamel dials

The construction of Grand Feu enamel dials is a complex, time consuming and expensive process. ...

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 ...

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