13,800 CHF
Longines Watch Co. , "Lindbergh", invented by Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh, US Pat. 1923305, launched on the market in 1932.Very fine and rare large hour angle, center-seconds, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch with a leather army strap and fitted box. four-body, polished, revolving bezel with blue and black enameled 15-degree graduations, graduated band, the ball-shaped crown also activating the revolving central dial, steel cuvette. white enamel with black enameled Roman numerals for the 12-hour indication, concentric, the 180 degrees in enameled Arabic numerals, at the center, revolving off-white dial bearing painted black Arabic numerals for the 60 minutes and painted red Arabic numerals for the 15 degrees. "Breguet" blued steel hand. Notes Weems ModelThis hour angle system is called the "Weems Model" for 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 Federation.This watch bears a large ball-shaped winding-crown, enabling the watch to be rewound by a pilot wearing gloves. It is practically impossible to build a commercial timepiece which will keep time to the exact second under the condi Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
