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

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

August 12, 2024July 2, 2024 by Andy

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

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Categories Aviation, Longines, Pre 1925

My Agent did what……Lindbergh’s steel Longines 13.33Z.

May 30, 2024February 7, 2024 by Andy

Lindbergh’s steel 13.33Z would qualify as an uber rare catch for many a collector, especially …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Exploration, History, Longines, Pilot Watches, Watches
The Italian job remade grand feu enamel versus original Fluckiger dial

“The Italian Job” REMADE enamel dials

April 21, 2025February 6, 2024 by Andy

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

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Categories Aviation, Longines, Watches
Longines Weems second setting hour-angle prototype - a world first

The World’s First Hour-angle wristwatch

August 15, 2024December 28, 2023 by Andy

President Coolidge cabled Lindbergh noting, “The first flight of a lone aviator across the Atlantic …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines
Lindbergh wittnauer longines special flight calculator, hour-angle, weems, calotte, cal24.41 8 day power reserve

Lindbergh’s Elusive Special Flight Calculator…

February 6, 2024June 25, 2023 by Andy

Albert Wittnauer agreed to stock a minimum of 17,000 Longines watches in America by 1879[1] …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines, Pre 1925, Technology
Bureau of Aeronautics Weems, Rear Admiral Moffat, Longines. Bu.Aero

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

December 1, 2023March 31, 2023 by Andy

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

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Longines, Military, Pilot Watches
Glycine Airman SST flightbird Pumpkin 24hr AMPM dial

The stroke of midnight…the Glycine Pumpkin SST

December 1, 2023March 10, 2023 by Andy

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

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Categories Aviation, Aviators, GMT, Other, Pilot Watches, Post 1960

A Unique Prototype – The Second Weems Made

December 5, 2024October 4, 2022 by Andy

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

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines, Watches

The Transitional No Crown Guard Weems

December 7, 2022September 26, 2022 by Andy

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

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Longines, Pilot Watches, Technology, Watches

The Fabulous Five Flückiger Weems Dials & Fonts

December 12, 2024September 9, 2022 by Andy

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

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines, Pilot Watches
US Naval Academy Weems ref 3931 second setting watch 1937

US Naval Academy Weems…A Rare Breed & Pedigree

July 24, 2023August 8, 2022 by Andy

There are a few unique survivors from the golden age of 1930’s aviation. The US …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Aviators, History, Longines, Military, Pre 1925, Watches
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Longines Weems. Air Soldier 863 (L) and 832 (R)

The Imperial Japanese Navy ‘Air Soldier’ Weems

July 23, 2023April 19, 2022 by Andy

The “King of Timepieces in the East,” [1]was Kintaro Hattori, who began importing Swiss and …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Aviators, History, Longines, Military, Pre 1925, Sidereal Time, Watches

‘Lucky Lindy’…1920’s Holy Grail & beyond

September 3, 2024March 18, 2022 by Andy

Perhaps more than any other, Lindbergh captured the quintessential American dream within this Golden Age …

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Categories 1925-1945, 1945-1960, Aviation, Aviators, History, Longines, Pre 1925, The Honor Roll, Watches
Patent 2008734 Adjustable rate clock Weems 1928

US Patent 2008734 covers all, or does it?

September 1, 2024March 6, 2022 by Andy

The “Spirit and Scope of my invention” are the words Philip Van Horn Weems used …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Pilot Watches, Technology, Watches

The First Generation Hour-angle or “Lindbergh”

April 15, 2025February 22, 2022 by Andy

The Longines Hour-angle watch is history’s most famous pilot watch and improved upon the Weems …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Watches
pair-lindbergh_1

The Hour-angle watch – a “Lindbergh”

December 16, 2022February 17, 2022 by Andy

The speed of the plane brought complex new navigational challenges. When traveling at 200 miles …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines, Pilot Watches, Technology, Watches
Weems Lindbergh hour- angle prototype unit of arc markings dial

Lindbergh had a special Weems!

June 22, 2023February 3, 2022 by Andy

Lindbergh had a special Weems! It almost sounds like a chicken or egg type scenario, …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines, Pre 1925, Watches

Patek & Hamilton, the first second setting watches

April 21, 2025December 15, 2024 by Andy

In his article, ‘Possibilities of an Adjustable Rate Clock,’ Weems noted that ‘aerial navigation has …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation

The first timepieces to fly from New York to Paris

December 16, 2024August 19, 2024 by Andy

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

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Categories Aviation, History
Eberhard Sistema Magini pocket watch used by Publio Magini in June 1942 on a spy mission

Will the real Sistema Magini please stand up!

January 15, 2025August 14, 2024 by Andy

The 2019 auction of a supposed Sistema Magini wristwatch should raise more than the odd …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Pilot Watches
Longines Weems second setting pieces 1930 - unique 5 different fonts

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

August 21, 2024February 1, 2024 by Andy

Today’s Instagram wrist shot era may well have been started by a legendary navigating star …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, History, Longines, Pilot Watches
Seikosha Tensoku Dokei WWII IJNAS pilot watch

Imperial Japanese Navy’s Air Service Seikosha “Air Soldier” – Tensoku Dokei 天測時計

July 23, 2023 by Andy

Wartime aviation was a dangerous pursuit for all involved, leaving little room for error with …

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Categories 1925-1945, Aviation, Aviators, Military, Other, Pilot Watches, Watches
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