$8,510
Longines, "Lindbergh", No. 5320550, invented by Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh, US Pat. 1923305, launched on the market in 1932.Fine, round, oversized, hour angle, center-seconds, solid silver aviator's wristwatch with a stainless steel Panerai buckle. four-body, polished, revolving bezel with the enamelled 15 degrees graduation, graduated band, the ball-shaped crown activates also the revolving central dial, solid silver cuvette. white enamel with enameled Roman numerals for the 12 hours indication, concentric, the 180 degrees in Arabic numerals, at the center, revolving champagne dial bearing the painted black Arabic numerals for the 60 minutes and the painted red Arabic numerals for the 15 degrees. "Breguet" blued steel hands. Cal18.69 N, gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 48 mm. Notes Weems Model This hour angle system is called the "Weems Model" after its inventor, Philippe Vanhorn Weems, of the Naval Academy of Annapolis, who was an authority in the 1920-30's. He trained the famous Charles A. Lindbergh who established the record for the first non-stop transatlantic flight. The hour-angle watch called the "Lindbergh Model", used for this flight, stems from Weems' invention. Weems wrote several important books and received a Gold Medal from the International Aeronautic Fedration.This watch bears a large ball-shaped winding Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-05-21
