kfranzk, Author at RK Watch Service

Weems and the Luftwaffe: Hour Angle Watches by Longines, Lange, PP and V&C

Timing Instruments for German Aviation before WWII:
In 1933 the technical department of the German Aviation Ministry (RLM: Reichs-Luftfahrtministerium) tested the hour angle watch of
Longines based on developments by Weems and Lindbergh.
See the att. spec Luftwaffe document of the ‘Zeitwinkeluhr’ with 180° dial and 47,5 mm diameter (Fl 22604 of 1933) imported by Paul Baumeister Berlin.

At least the German Aviation Ministry changed the specs for the wrist watch to 55mm diameter for better…

Longines Watches

Omega Watch Forum – Constellation dials: ‘domed’ or ‘pie pan’ or ‘intermediate’?

Hallo friends,
I hope you can help me to understand the ‘domed’ and ‘pie pan’ or … dials.
I did not find specific thread to unshade my thoughts and Desmond doesnt help either.
So I try to show exemples.
Here is one with a really flat dial:

Here are two very clear white dials, domed and pie pan:

The ‘domed’ has the outer minute indication and long hands. No part of the dial is flat.
The ‘pie pan’ has the twelwe sided flat inner part, the twelwe flat facettes and the…

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