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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 ...

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 ...

An Accurate Timepiece for the Air Navigation age

Whilst Santos-Dumont had flown with his famous Cartier watch in 1906, there was a limited ...

Harold Gatty Weems Wiley Post round the world

Harold Gatty – Round the World Navigator

After Howard Hughes’ world circling flight of 1938, he proclaimed to Harold Gatty, pioneer, ‘Greetings ...

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Philip Van Horn Weems – Grandfather of today’s GPS

While characters like Lindbergh, Douglas Corrigan and Richard E. Byrd were trailblazing the skies, pioneers ...

Amy Johnson: Queen of the Air

Amy Johnson joins the likes of Amelia Earhart in her feats of aviation and her ...

Weems Lindbergh hour- angle prototype unit of arc markings dial

Lindbergh had a special Weems!

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

Longines Honor Roll

The Honor Roll

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

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Technology in Aviation Time Pieces

In the beginning Early pilots used dead reckoning to arrive at their destination From dead ...