57,500 HKD
Longines, Lindbergh, invented by Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh, US Pat. No. 1923305, 1930's. Very fine, hour angle, centre second, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch. three body, polished, revolving bezel with the enamelled 15 degrees graduations, graduated band, the ball-shaped crown activates also the revolving central dial, hinged back, steel cuvette. white enamel with enamelled Roman numeral for the 12 hours indication, concentric, the 180 degrees, at the centre, revolving champagne dial bearing the 60 minutes and the 15 degrees. "Breguet " blued steel hands. Notes The original Longines Flour Angle Watch was designed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as a navigational instrument for airplane pilots. Used in conjunction with a sextant and the appropriate nautical tables, the watch permits the rapid computation of the Greenwich hour angle, that is, the aircraft's longitude. This model of watch was worn by Charles Lindbergh at Le Bourget Airport, near Paris, the airfield where he landed 60 years ago after opening the Atlantic to aviation with his historic solo flight from New York. This watch is the famous post-World War I navigator's watch, developed jointly by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Longines for the flight of May 20-21, 1927. A similar watch is published in Collezionare Orologi da Paso, by M. and 0. PATRIZZI, p. 93.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-06-07
