The First Generation Hour-angle or “Lindbergh”
The Longines Hour-angle watch is history’s most famous pilot watch and improved upon the Weems ...
An Accurate Timepiece for the Air Navigation age
Whilst Santos-Dumont had flown with his famous Cartier watch in 1906, there was a limited ...
Dieudonne Costes – Incredible Hour-angle watch
Dieudonné Costes is best known for the extraordinary Paris to New York flight of September ...
Dick Merrill & his Ping Pong flight
During this Golden Age of aviation Lucky Dick Merrill was known as a prestigious aviator; ...
Harold Gatty – Round the World Navigator
After Howard Hughes’ world circling flight of 1938, he proclaimed to Harold Gatty, pioneer, ‘Greetings ...
Amy Johnson’s Weems SOARS again.
Amy Johnson’s Weems watch SOARS again at a recent Sotheby’s auction selling for 88,200 pounds. ...
The Hour-angle watch – a “Lindbergh”
The speed of the plane brought complex new navigational challenges. When traveling at 200 miles ...
Wittnauer & the Longines brand
The History of Wittnauer begins in New York in 1880 when their very first watches ...
Lieutenant Paul Codos
Lieutenant Paul Codos was an experienced pilot who championed commercial aviation in France. He was ...