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$1.50 for a Longines Icon: The Weems Prototype’s 1937 Service Call

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

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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. ...

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

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The World’s First Hour-angle wristwatch

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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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From Sky to Space – The Moon Man & his Mate

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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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