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 ...

Breitling unpolished UAE Air Force, Air Wing ADDF, UAEAF, Ref 8806 reference, UAE Crest October 1973

The Breitling UAE Air force ref 8806 Navitimer

Breitling has a deep-seated one hundred plus year relationship connection to aviation and the manufacture ...

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] ...

Bureau of Aeronautics Weems, Rear Admiral Moffat, Longines. Bu.Aero

BU. AERO Weems – historical DNA of the U.S Navy

Rear Admiral Moffett was one of the founding fathers of the modern U.S. Navy, and ...

Glycine Airman SST flightbird Pumpkin 24hr AMPM dial

The stroke of midnight…the Glycine Pumpkin SST

Few have missed the story of Cinderella returning home too late and turning into a ...

A Unique Prototype – The Second Weems Made

The very first Longines ‘Aerochronometer’ was invoiced on the 30th of November 1928 to Longines-Wittnauer ...

The Transitional No Crown Guard Weems

Longines first developed the 18.69 pocket watch calibre in 1895, and like their other movements ...

The Fabulous Five Flückiger Weems Dials & Fonts

The large 46mm Weems Second-setting wristwatch version, unique to Longines, featured a double back, a ...