The Imperial Japanese Navy ‘Air Soldier’ Weems
The “King of Timepieces in the East,” [1]was Kintaro Hattori, who began importing Swiss and ...
Italo Balbo, Italian Hero & Trans-Continental Star
Credited with the reconstruction of the Regia Aeronautica, Italo Balbo is considered one of Italy’s ...
Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition Weems
Byrd’s Longines Weems speaks of a time when explorers, aviators and aviatrix relied upon them ...
A rare breed indeed.. the wee Hour-angle
John P.V. Heinmuller recalls in his book that ‘The hearts of all civilization beat faster ...
Sidereal or Star time….twinkle, twinkle…
Lindbergh stated, “I consider celestial navigation necessary to future aviation”.[1] The “Lindbergh Boom”[2] that followed ...
The Ultimate Stars – Sidereal timepieces
Weems stated, “It is perhaps fortunate that timepieces were developed before radio, or else extremely ...
‘Lucky Lindy’…1920’s Holy Grail & beyond
Perhaps more than any other, Lindbergh captured the quintessential American dream within this Golden Age ...
Longines Bezels Turn First & Second
It has now well accepted that the generation of fifties turning dive bezels heralded from ...
Walter Mittelholzer Pioneering Aerial Photographer
Walter Mittelholzer pioneering aerial photographer, made his way through aviation as a photographer, performing regular ...