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

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

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

Patent 2008734 Adjustable rate clock Weems 1928

US Patent 2008734 covers all, or does it?

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

Ruth Nichols 1935 crash

Ruth Nichols Aviatrix

Ruth Nichols Aviatrix, was an exceptionally skilled pilot, humanitarian and tenacious individual. Destined for a ...

The last three ALL silver Hour-angles

In Stephanie Lachat’s beautiful book Longines through Time, she notes that the very last generation ...

Wittnauer & the Longines brand

The History of Wittnauer begins in New York in 1880 when their very first watches ...

Longines Honor Roll

The Honor Roll

The Longines honor roll captures the heroes and heroines of the golden age of aviation ...